You can make garlic without garlic. With walnuts, apple cider vinegar and stale rustic bread. However, the flavors will not be the same. Perhaps this is what Alexis Tsipras had in mind when he used culinary terms before the election to comment on his normal identification with the party and its winning course. He characteristically told SKAI: “I believe SYRIZA is coming from far and will go far. So at some point it will be time to see what garlic is without garlic.” At the beginning of May, of course, the main component of the new “political recipe” was missing. Crushing defeat of the New Democracy by 20 points.

In Komundur, everything is no longer the same as before. They live upside down in 2012, and quick reflexes in support of the president arose not only out of respect for him. The worst message that can come at this time for SYRIZA is that the leader has an “expiration date”. Nevertheless, June 25 is a milestone anyway. The fact that Alexis Tsipras has admitted to thinking about retiring shows that tomorrow may not be long in coming.

A further fall in the share of the party will provoke the development of events. But an increase – even if insignificant – will “freeze” everything. Kumunduru considers the most likely scenario in which the president will remain in office. At such a critical time, he needs “clear time” to think about his next steps, according to people close to him. In any case, the conference should be taken for granted.

From “Zont” they decided not to raise their voices until the elections. They believe that “the cycle is complete” and only resetting the SYRIZA percentage relatively close to the 30 percent zone can erase many of the “sins” of the last four years. Not excluding some gap, which will be reminiscent of August 2015.

The “Shield” has been placed on Alexis Tsipras by “presidents” as well as “family members” who do not even want to hear the word “continuity”. “K” may know that for some of the “allies” wing, even their stay in the party will be determined by the development of events. Behind-the-scenes discussions are going on, it’s just that the primary goal of rebuilding and turning associations is forcing leaders to sweep everything under the rug.

PASOK must also be calculated in the next day’s equation. If the gap narrows even further, from Harilau Trikoupi they will rush to question the hegemony of SYRIZA among the centre-left. At the same time, they are making the most of the next municipal elections and the strong long-term ties that Nikos Androulakis’s party has with the self-government. Will SYRIZA be able to regroup by October? Questions are already coming, and answers are being sought.

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“Are there dolphins?” Not in the sense that they appeared in other parties. SYRIZA is a special case, as Alexis Tsipras has a fifteen-year leadership career that has taken him to Megaros Maximos twice in a row. The truth is that there is no one who can challenge him. He will be the first to say whether any succession talks will be opened. The faces that will be heard the most the next day, Efi Ahtsioglu, Alexis Haritsis and Nasos Iliopoulos, have one thing in common. All three – in addition to never being involved in internal party disputes – resigned as representatives.

The Minister of Finance was the voice of the government and the party just before the 2019 elections. A modest figure, she perfectly fits the profile of the new SYRIZA. With her excellent knowledge of economics, she seems to be an ideal successor, and for N.D. The most predictable opponent. Her first place at the conference, and recently in Western Attica, has given her an extra boost that is unlikely to tip the scales in her favor when and if the “time of crisis” comes.

If the performance of the party falls further, it is difficult to avoid internal party events.

After the defeat in 2019, Alexis Haritsis was appointed spokesman for SYRIZA, but he has distinguished himself since his tenure at the Ministry of Economy. K published two leaders who were recommended to Alexis Tsipras and the European Parliament as two cases that would greatly contribute to the bulletin’s rating. Now the priorities have changed.

The third former representative is Nasos Iliopoulos, who took up his duties at Kumundura in September 2020. Thanks to the structured political discourse, he knows how to avoid “bad scenes”. In his resume there is a very successful candidacy for the municipality of Athens against Kostas Bakoyannis, very reminiscent of the course of Alexis Tsipras.

Transition”

Euclid Tsakalotos does not reserve the role of “dolphin” against Alexis Tsipras. But no one can fail to notice his experience and the fact that he is recognized even in foreign circles. He has been very close to Alexis Tsipras since the night of the heavy defeat and he will certainly have a major role to play the next day in SYRIZA. Now this is the only link between the left wing and the party, since “53+” is not represented in the Executive Office and the Electoral Commission. One could think that the former finance minister is also a reliable “transitional solution” in case the new urn – despite the existing optimism – has another hard night for the party.

The “dance” of the former representatives does not end there. Two more people are expected to play an important role in the new reality the party is facing. Mostly in terms of regrouping, preventing tensions and ending an unpleasant electoral cycle. Former government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos (November 2016-July 2019), who belongs to a new generation of leaders, can’t help but talk about the next day. Now he has a lot of experience, as he was the secretary of SYRIZA at a critical period.

Faithful Olga

Perhaps the President’s most loyal partner has always been Olga Gerovasilis, who also held the same post at Maxima (September 2015-November 2016) and has served as secretary of the parliamentary group for the past four years. She was the “traffic officer” in many of the “fakes” recorded in K.O. She has been elected in Arta since 2012, having managed to keep her constituency in good shape in a recent nightmarish electoral struggle. The president’s confidence in her is evidenced by her appointment to the “hot spot” of Katehaki immediately after the deadly fires in Mati.

Outsider

The “group”, as an “outsider” of the seventh floor of Komunduru, is closed by Gavriel Sakellaridis. “Sweet did not bind” even to the upcoming elections. “Smoking gunpowder” from the first seven months of SYRIZA as a representative of the government, he is for many of his comrades a “good card” that can be used at any time.