2024-06-07 10:25:03
Mr. Chrysogonos entered politics for the primary time within the 2014 European elections and was elected MEP on the SYRIZA poll. In March 2015, he warned Alexis Tsipras in a written letter concerning the disastrous results of the Varoufakis coverage, whereas in July of the identical 12 months, instantly after the announcement of the referendum, he brazenly broke with the management of SYRIZA after which left it, remaining unbiased.
In an interview with H.A. emphasizes that SY.RIZ.A. it has did not be a celebration of energy and expresses the assumption that politics and logic will prevail over parapolitics and way of life.
On Sunday, are we voting for Europe, for Greece’s relationship with Europe, or to ship a message to the federal government and affect political developments at an inner stage?
The European elections of June 9 are essential and have as the principle stake the sending of representatives to the European Parliament, however they inevitably even have an inner political dimension. The double parliamentary elections of 2023 shaped an unprecedented political scene for our nation, with a powerful ruling occasion and a fragmented opposition, with no obvious prospect of political change. The Greek folks have the chance, giving PA.SO.Okay. second place, to make it a powerful future official opposition. SY.RIZ.A., ranked second in 2023, has a long-term regular downward pattern since 2015, whereas conversely PA.SO.Okay. steadily rising, albeit slowly. If, within the European elections, these traits intersect and P.S.O.Okay. overtakes, then the rise will speed up and the nationwide elections of 2027 can flip right into a “derby”.
The residents’ vote within the European elections has a regional dimension. Can it have an effect on regional growth?
Throughout my election marketing campaign, I visited a big a part of the nation. The image in the whole Greek area is identical and exhibits abandonment and desolation. Younger folks have left, searching for a viable atmosphere to work in, at greatest for the Attica basin, at worst for overseas. Hellenism is slowly dying. The one-sided coverage utilized is on the expense of the vast majority of society, which contributes to the demographic collapse. The flight of younger folks and the beginning charges in our nation appear to result in the extinction of Hellenism from the Greek space, on the finish of the twenty first century. We’d like a change after all. The outcomes of the European elections can affect the Union’s political choices regarding regional growth. The funds of the European Union for regional growth, resembling these from the structural funds, can be directed in the direction of a path of growth of areas which are languishing.
Having additionally the expertise of your time period as a member of the European Parliament within the interval 2014-19, what’s your place of Greece in Europe? Are we converging or diverging from Europe?
Greece is not only transferring “steadily nearer to Europe”, because the slogan of the New Democracy preaches, however in actuality the best way of governing the Mitsotakis authorities is taking us additional and additional away from it. The rating of Greek buying energy, actual earnings, is second from the underside, behind solely Bulgaria. Furthermore, from an institutional viewpoint, the standard of democracy, the rule of regulation and basic rights in Greece is at a low stage in comparison with the remainder of the member states of the Union, to such an extent that the nation’s response to those basic values is problematic. of the Union, enshrined in Article 2 of its founding treaty. If we don’t need to face the potential of sanctions following the instance of Hungary and Poland, we must always improve the independence of the judiciary, freedom of the press, safety of the privateness of communication, and so forth. because the decision of the European Parliament of February 7, 2024 informs us.
What ought to the PASOK election outcome be in contrast and evaluated with? Primarily based on the proportion of the earlier European elections, as New Democracy has stated, primarily based on the proportion of the nationwide elections or in relation to the proportion of the opposite events?
It’s higher to judge the election outcomes, primarily based on the wants of the nation. In a parliamentary authorities, so as to perform successfully, there have to be the potential of rotation in energy. A celebration can not rule for 12 or 16 years. It’s a requirement for the nation to have a powerful and critical official opposition, with a perspective of governability. Based on the chances of the nationwide elections of 2023, such an alternate doesn’t come up. PA.SO.Okay. has the potential to be a celebration of energy, one thing that SY.RIZ.A failed to attain. the disaster years. Our purpose is PA.SO.Okay. to win second place within the elections so that there’s a convincing progressive answer, within the parliamentary elections of 2027. I consider that politics and logic will prevail over parapolitics and way of life.
There’s a extra basic feeling that after the European elections there will likely be initiatives to reconstitute the broader progressive house. Do you suppose that whichever occasion is in second place can have the primary say on this course of?
That is apparent. Nikos Androulakis has introduced that with PA.SO.Okay. second occasion, will begin the day after the European elections a wider effort to reorganize the progressive house, with the purpose of discovering widespread floor. Nonetheless, Mr. Kasselakis has already denied prematurely any type of convergence and communication. So the situation of the convergence is that Kasselakism is defeated on June 9. PA.SO.Okay. is the one logical various, so as to stop the parliamentary elections of 2027 from turning right into a New Democracy stroll.
Why does Kostas Chrysogonos need to return to the European Parliament? What matters do you need to spotlight by way of your presence?
It was not my purpose to get entangled in politics once more, however my nervousness about the way forward for the nation prevailed in me. I’ve an opinion, which I need to categorical publicly and, if folks select to agree with me, to defend it by way of the European Parliament. The primary matter of my European agenda for the following 5 years would be the demographic transition. Society wants a social redistribution, with an emphasis on the safety of the younger, who’re the underprivileged. Apart from, an necessary difficulty is the necessity to arrange a critical widespread protection infrastructure and customary overseas coverage of the member states, as a result of solely on this means can there be a powerful union. It doesn’t make sense for the federation to have traits of a hybrid kind, with a standard forex and largely widespread laws, however with out widespread safety of exterior borders. The European edifice have to be accomplished, in any other case it’ll start to crumble. I consider these points needs to be mentioned within the European Parliament and I’ll battle for it.
Who’s Kostas Chrysogonos?
Kostas Chrysogonos was born in 1961 in Serres and grew up in Thessaloniki. He obtained his regulation diploma from A.P.Th. in 1983 and 1987 he was awarded a doctorate by the College of Hannover. In 2003, he was unanimously elected a professor on the School of Legislation of the College of Athens, specializing in Constitutional Legislation. He has additionally taught on the Nationwide College of Judges, on the Hellenic Open College and as a visiting professor on the Universities of Regensburg and Hanover. He’s the writer of about 20 books and greater than 100 scientific research in Greek, English and German. He additionally writes continuously for the each day press and is an energetic lawyer. He developed nice exercise as an MEP within the interval 2014-2019 within the European Parliament with tons of of speeches, questions, solutions in favor of our nationwide positions and pursuits. He joined PASOK instantly after the election of Nikos Androulakis to its management in early 2022 and was elected a member of the Central Committee and the Political Council. Within the 2023 nationwide election he was a candidate on the Territory poll in honorary (non-elective) fifth place.