Perhaps the only country in the European Union where the Church and religious issues are at the center of the pre-election debate.
Greece is maybe the only EU member state that has at the center of the confrontation for the European elections the …Church! The conclusion about the “uniqueness” of this pre-election period in the country comes easily, if one records the events that dominate the political news in the last ten days.
Except for European issues
Issues related to the relations between Greece and the European Union seem to be completely absent from the “agenda”. At a time when ferments are developing at the European level on matters decisive for the lives of citizens.
We mention only indicatively those of the climate crisis, the open fronts in the Middle East and Ukraine, the energy sector, the issues concerning work, the issues of the state-law or even the institutional framework for artificial intelligence.
Given that now more than 50% of Greek legislation is formed on the basis of Community directives. Which means that the outcome of the confrontations in Europe will determine to a significant extent the policy that will be implemented in Greece.
The protagonists
Instead of the above-mentioned central pre-election issues in Greece, religion has been relegated to… Where the majority of the main parties participating in the European elections seem to place a particularly heavy burden.
Protagonists in this treaty seem to be primarily New Democracy. With SYRIZA and especially Stefanos Kasselakis but to follow Self-explanatory of course it is the “investment” in this “theme” from the Greek Solution and Victory due to their physiognomy.
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Of course, the joint visit that he has planned for next Friday is anything but a coincidence Kyriakos Mitsotakis by Archbishop Hieronymus in an elderly care structure of the Archdiocese in Boeotia
The prime minister seems to “take it upon himself” to try to “bridge” this gap that has been created between the ND and the voters who are directly influenced by the Church.
The attack received the day before yesterday in Kavala the Angeliki Delikari, ND MP in the prefecture, because he passed the law on marriage regardless of gender seems to have created anxiety in the ruling party. Therefore, the restoration of relations seems to be a “first priority” for the Maximos Palace.
SYRIZA
A similar “restoration” has already begun to be attempted by SYRIZA through Stefanos Kasselakis. Even if this presupposes the reference to … “troughs”, “crosses” and miracles which brought SYRIZA to an extremely difficult position, from which it does not seem to have escaped.
The official opposition clearly shows that it is “opening up” to the public that is “to the right” of the New Democracy, and indeed on the terms set by the governing party.
The extreme right
Based on the above, it becomes clear that the country is being led to an indulgent…irrational pre-election periodThe.
Where an extremely conservative and regressive political “agenda” will be combined with the economic dead ends facing much of the population due to accuracy.
The experience of the recent past has shown that these two elements constitute the “microclimate” that favors the development of the extreme right.
The parties that express it authentically such as Greek solutionthe Win and the Spartans if they finally participate, they will compete for votes from a -comparatively- large pool: that of the New Democracy losers.
A trend that is objectively reinforced both by the effects of accuracy and overall government policy, as well as by the laxity of voting in the Euro-ballot.
This scene is taking shape at a time when the rise of the extreme right is observed in a large part of European countries. It is even speculated that it will be the “European” problem of the coming years.
