The president of PASOK-KINAL is in Ioannina, Nikos Androulakiswhere he met with the Management of the Regional Union of Municipalities of Epirus.
The chairman of PASOK-Movement for Change has strongly commented on Turkey’s position on the Cyprus issue and Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s provocative rhetoric.
“In the last few days I was in Cyprus for the black anniversary of the fiftieth anniversary of “Attila”, who left behind thousands dead, missing and thousands of Greek Cypriots who were displaced from their ancestral homes.
I was in Cyprus to express my solidarity with President Nikos Christodoulidis on the need to restart talks to find a sustainable solution based on United Nations resolutions.
To express our support to the families of the victims… But unfortunately, let’s be honest. The statements Erdogan as well as other Turkish politicians show the margin and horizon to find a sustainable solution”, Androulakis stressed and added: “When the President of Turkey calls “Attila” a “peaceful operation”, which left behind thousands of dead and a huge disaster, we understand that hopes are low”.
N. Androulakis to Cyprus: “No” to the division of the island and a two-state solution
“Turkey intends to divide the island”
As the PASOK-KINAL chairman stressed, “Turkey remains unrepentant. A revisionist force that insults and undermines international law,” while at the same time placing enormous responsibility on the European Union and other powerful powers that allow this behavior.
“We want a sustainable solution, but if Turkey continues this effort with the aim of dividing the island, then there will be no other way but economic sanctions and, of course, an arms embargo. The states of the European Union, which are part of NATO, as well as other world powers, cannot have major weapons programs with a country that undermines the stability of the entire region,” Nikos Androulakis repeated.
When asked about the electricity increases, the chairman of the PASOK-Change Movement said:
“We have very high costs and new subsidies. But subsidies are “we take from one pocket of the people and put into another”, with a lot of, in my humble opinion, flexibility from the government in relation to the strong financial interests of the big producers. So when your energy policy is a policy that makes the rich richer and leaves the country vulnerable to energy crises, then you are not working in the public interest and the need for low production costs. We have highlighted these issues – also from my experience in the European Parliament – and we will continue to serve. That is why we ask the Greek people for their support in the effort that we are making, and that I am making personally. The big crises of the time are: the housing problem, the energy crisis and the issues of the welfare state.
The National Health System is in collapse, despite the Pharaonic Recovery Fund created due to the pandemic. Much less than it should have been used for the regeneration of the National Health System.
So we’re re-entering the race with vigor. I’m trying to make sure that the Democratic Party’s message of progress, consistency, accountability, not conservation and populism is heard in every region of the country. Because populism and conservation, wherever they come from, I don’t think they serve the future of our country.”
Source: RES-MPE