Former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet with the President of the Republic this Thursday morning. This meeting is part of the contacts that Konstantinos Tassoulas has undertaken to discuss current issues with all former prime ministers and explore areas of consensus regarding the Constitutional Review and other matters.
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Tsipras: Meeting with Tassoulas and preparations for Larissa with “Ithaca”
Meanwhile, next Monday the former prime minister will be in Larissa where he will present his book “Ithaca.” Following the great success of the Ioannina rally, Alexis Tsipras’s associates have turned their attention to Larissa, as Thessaly’s cities had historically supported SYRIZA and the former prime minister.
Why Amalia’s team is watching PASOK and Karystianou developments
At the same time, however, those at Amalia Street have their eyes fixed on recent developments within PASOK, as the party appears to be facing serious problems due to the scandal involving GSEE President Yannis Panagopoulos. The fact that Nikos Androulakis finds himself confronting the “rebellion” within PASKE just before his party’s congress, while also dealing with internal party problems stemming from delegate elections, leads many to believe that the opposition leader will face the worst-case scenario of serious upheaval within his party just before the congress.
The former prime minister’s associates believe such a situation will bring serious developments to Charilaou Trikoupi Street, while disappointing some centrist voters who support the main opposition party. Alexis Tsipras’s logic is essentially that he should be patient and wait for developments both in PASOK and in Maria Karystianou’s potential party. Olga Gerovassili, who attended Alexis Tsipras’s book presentation in Ioannina, referring to Maria Karystianou’s positions and views on immigration and national issues, emphasized that: “Her positions are extremely conservative to far-right” and added that “Maria Karystianou’s ‘they’re all the same’ rhetoric we’ve heard from Golden Dawn.”
