Greek main opposition New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras, in an interview to Sunday’s Ethnos newspaper, left the possibility for cooperation with the government open provided that SYRIZA leaves its obsessions behind.
He underlined that if the government needs help, New Democracy is ready to give it. However, he clarified that it will not give a “carte blanche” to destroy the country.
Samaras is ready to take political initiatives provided that: firstly, the Greek government understands the impasses where it has been self-trapped, and secondly, stop the horrible lies they have been telling. “In order to communicate, as parties ought to do in periods of crisis, they have to stop telling lies and we should all agree whether we want Europe. The proper climate and acceptance by everyone are needed for political initiatives to succeed,” he stressed.
“What they really want,” he estimated, “leads to a rift with the country’s creditors,” adding that the government will be forced to take rather hard tax and social security measures.
The Greek main opposition leader underlined that what New Democracy wants is “an agreement that will keep recovery alive.”
“We all want an agreement. We all want to avoid a rift with our partners. But nobody wants the imposition of taxes in order for SYRIZA to finance a partisan state,” he noted.
Finally, Samaras expressed optimism that Greece can exit the Memoranda and the crisis if it changes policy.
(source: ana-mpa)
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