An interview by main opposition ΄Radical Left Coalition΄ (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras to the Russia 24 television channel on Tuesday, in which he underlined the risk to Europe from harsh austerity and rising neo-Nazism and fascism, was sharply criticised by government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou.
“If there is even one serious faction within SYRIZA, it should remind Mr. Tsipras that the European Union is one thing and the Soviet Union another,” Kedikoglou said in a comment on the interview, ΑΜΝΑ reported.
Talking to Russia 24, Tsipras had underlined the risks to Europe as a result of ruptured social cohesion and the rise of neo-Nazis and fascism. He also criticised the austerity programme being implemented in Greece and underlined his party΄s pro-European orientation.
Tsipras stressed that developments in Greece and all of Europe were crucial due to these risks and the economic crisis, adding that SYRIZA aspires to be the “calm force” that will strive to reverse these for the benefit of all Europeans. He also repeated his proposal for an agreement between the countries in the European south.
Noting that the EU was now at “an existential and historical impasse,” that was rapidly converting it into a “German Europe” serving bankers and big capital, Tsipras said that those adopting an anti-European policy “are German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the governments that implement a strict austerity policy”.
Criticising the programme being implemented in Greece, Tsipras stressed that selling off everything and tearing apart society and the people “was not a solution”.
He called for an international conference on public debt modeled after the London Debt Agreement that contributed to the economic miracle of post-war Germany, pointing out that harsh austerity policies like those being implemented in the European south had ultimately led to WWII.
(source: Russia 24, ΑΜΝΑ, Capital)
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