Stelios Kouloglou has left the SYRIZA Eurogroup

Stelios Kouloglou’s letter to Stefanos Kasselakis reads as follows:

“Dear Mr. Kassalakis

The situation that has developed in the party is a lack of seriousness, while attempts are being made to violently overthrow the SYRIZA policy. The situation is unbearable for those who want to take an independent stand.

1. One of the main reasons for SYRIZA’s stagnation is the lack of a serious opposition, which was also expressed in the municipal elections.

Before your election, The public conversation revolved around your personal life Not around your political propositions. Syriza was seen feeding gossip in the mornings, while Mr. Left alone, Mitsotakis is free to politicize the news.

This has never happened in the history of official opposition parties, not only in Greece but internationally. You have the main responsibility for this and despite the relevant points, nothing has changed. Yesterday, you cited “a relationship with a woman I was unhappy with” in an attempt to justify your previous anti-Syrian, conservative writings.

2. Whenever you get a chance to formulate your programmatic positions, do the opposite of what Syriza has advocated so far. In your recent speech at the BSE, apart from a wink at the 8-hour participants (“Ladies and gentlemen, we can’t impose ten hours of work without a pay rise”), there was no mention of a pay rise and the need to conclude a new national collective labor agreement, stock options in companies. You have formulated the proposition.

Apart from the fact that stock options are of major concern to managers of listed companies, This project has nothing to do with Greek reality Small and medium-sized, mostly family production units.

In Greece, shipping companies illegally require workers to pay back part of their overtime pay or state benefits given to new hires. Seafarers thus employed pay tax only on paper income. You don’t say a single step before stock options.

And finally, if it retains any value, oh well Alexis TsiprasYou often mention, Mr. Mitsotakis had flatly opposed the stock option plan and again spoke to SEV.

You often make it clear that Syriza’s politics should be modeled after the American Democratic Party. But the two-party system in America has led to a huge increase in social inequality. America has a greater disparity between rich and poor than in other developed countries.

Income inequality in the United States increased by about 20% from 1980 to 2016 and is associated with globalization, but also the decline of unions, the absence of collective bargaining, and the deterioration of the minimum wage. Life expectancy decreases, especially in the weaker social strata. For the past few days, the Economist has been presenting a terrible, brutal example:

“In 2021, today’s American 25-year-olds without a four-year college degree (two-thirds of adults) are expected to live an average of ten years less than those with a bachelor’s degree. In 1992 (when Democrat Bill Clinton-SS was elected), the gap was about a third of what it is today.

These ever-increasing disparities form the backdrop to a deep and multifaceted crisis in the American political system. Therefore, it is highly doubtful if a similar model can be established in Greece, and a party that wants to achieve social justice and reduce inequalities does not have to adhere to it.

That’s why trying to portray your critics as “left-leaning” bigots only invites further backlash. Majority of people from this region prefer modern, democratic, green and left wing party. When you were elected, I said that Syriza switched from a rock band to light pop music. But here, in the name of majority, he is going to make it… Galamatian.

3. Of course you are not responsible for the party judgment you have received, and your internal party rivals are certainly more responsible. But the lack of politics and position-making I mentioned above – without any internal party debate – indicates a hidden agenda, amplifying reactions and questioning among party members who are looking for a credible alternative proposal to absolute supremacy. NT

Further Attacks and threats to deleteExclusion from ballot papers, etc “I want” notice to remove Tzumaka By not following the procedures provided by the law, they have created a toxic environment that has nothing to do with the cooperative relations of multinational companies, not in a party with goals and ideals. I don’t want to dwell too much on Syriza’s unilateral first declaration on Gaza, which is also far from its traditional policy. Although I am not a party member, the situation is sad.

The climate is intolerable and I cannot support policies I do not agree with. I announce that SYRIZA will withdraw from the Eurogroup. It goes without saying that I will be in the political group of the left and will cooperate with Syriza’s MEPs on every issue related to peace, democracy and social justice in Greece and Europe.