In Brussels, the head of the Socialist Syriza party has his eye on the crucial Central Committee

Stefanos Kasellakis travels to the Belgian capital just 24 hours before the crucial meeting of the party’s Central Committee at which his unity will likely be judged. After Tsakaluto’s intervention at the Ibuchi newspaper event, the crisis in the official opposition party does not seem to have a way out and everything will be decided by developments regarding the deletion of the four executives who strongly criticized the party president.

Two-day visit to Brussels

The visit of the head of the Syriza-Progressive Party to Brussels continues for two days (7-8 November), where he will meet with the party’s European group, in which Stelios Kologlou no longer participates, and which has left serious scars against Stefanos Kasellakis, while Petros has also been criticized by Kokkalis. Indeed, the latter left the door open to the possibility of establishing a new plan or participating in it, depending on developments in the official opposition party.

The meeting with the party’s Eurogroup is scheduled for seven in the evening. local time (8 p.m. Greek time), while tomorrow, Wednesday, he will hold a series of meetings with Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, Chairman of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) of the European Parliament, in Spanish. Member of the European Parliament Juan Fernando López Aguilar, Chairman of the Green Group in the European Parliament, Philippe Lambert, Co-Chairs of the Left Group in the European Parliament, Martin Serdivan and Manon Aubry and MEPs from the group.

Delete

However, developments in the party continue, the division is clear, and Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis, in response to Euclid Tsakalotos, who in fact announced the creation of a new party, said that “Mr. Tsakalotos has shown that there is no bridge.” He added: “I think they will clarify things very quickly.”

“The question is whether, in this toxic climate, we can be in this party,” Euclid Tsakalotos said Monday evening, noting that “no one here believes we should be in a party that only has its own ideas.” About that. It is “so far from us that we no longer love this party because it does not carry our ideas.”

But he raised the issue of the lack of political discussion, noting that “in the political secretariat, 17 members gave 17 good speeches, in which they criticized the president, for what he said about mad cow disease, about Israel. The amazing thing is that no one responded on the other side. no one. What lesson am I learning? Political debate does not concern them. The conference program does not concern them. They are concerned with a mechanism that they consider to be majoritarian. “Political discussion in these terms is difficult.”

Commenting on all this, Evangelos Apostolakis, from SKAI, defended Stefanos Kasellakis’ decision to propose the deletion of four party officials, saying that the Syriza-Socialist party leader “did not act rashly with the deletions, there were reasons.” “In order to correct the situation, they must also do something.”

He added, “The president gave everyone opportunities. He said from the beginning that he was united, and he issued invitations. The margins are running out, but the work that needs to be done is great and everyone is needed.”

He stressed: “The president was elected and must have the opportunity. From day one we have reacted,” and “This situation in Syriza must end very soon.”

Sia Anagnostopoulou: “I would like to convince Eve. Jackal”

Anagnostopoulou, who also spoke at the “Epochi” event in favor of the unit, tried to act on its part as a fire brigade, despite the difficulties.

“I am against deletion,” she said in an interview with Kokino 105.5 radio, explaining that it “does not solve anything.”

He said, “If we in Syriza do not practice dialectics, we will not be able to do what we expect from society, that is, politicization,” pointing out that “in Syriza, dialogue and confrontation are absent.”

“I have a very strong brand of party patriotism. We have to defend this party that we built, with its good and bad things,” said Sia Anagnostopoulou, stressing that “what we are missing this time is the political spirit.” “Here we do not have an exchange of arguments, but rather an exchange of insults.”

He added: “Things that act conspiratorially and undermine unity must be taken off the table.” Regarding the issue of deletion, he said, “When the leadership group points the finger in this way, it undermines the issue.” Magic isn’t about who’s stronger.”

“It would be my great pleasure if, with my small efforts, I could convince Euclid Tsakalotos and everyone to fight for our party through our party,” he stressed.

Weekend battle

The Syriza-Progressive Alliance Central Committee meeting is scheduled to be held at the President Hotel next weekend, November 11-12.

It seems that the party leader, at the present time, is keeping his papers closed, without clarifying what he intends to do regarding the issue of deletion, which will be an element on which much will depend. Information indicates that the issue will be put on the table by Umbrella members in one way or another, while Stefanos Kasellakis receives various suggestions from his colleagues on how to move forward.

Kasellakis to Simitis: I have nothing to do with those who wasted so many billions.

Meanwhile, the head of the Syriza-Socialist party responded to those who wondered why he did not attend the ceremony honoring former Prime Minister and head of the PASOK party, Costas Simitis.

On his way to the party offices, a journalist asked Stefanos Kasellakis about this and he replied:

He added: “What do I have to do with all those who wasted billions of euros from the Greek people. Forget the tangle of these years. It was not just modernization. Let others take on the mantle of the country’s debts. Syriza certainly was not the reason.”