Only a government with fresh mandate and negotiating power will be able to negotiate on European level, stated SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras during his press conference at TIF (Thessaloniki International Fair) on Sundy, calling for immediate general elections.
“The country should negotiate and not leave the others to decide without us. With Samaras' government our partners will decide for us and that's why we call for elections”, said Tsipras.
SYRIZA's realistic programme against the humanitarian crisis in Greece “can't become a negotiation issue with any lender”, also stressed.
Referring to the presidential elections, Tsipras said that “Mr. Samaras is not interested in the presidential elections. What his is interested in is to remain in his post and to continue to implement a catastrophic programme”.
To those criticising him, he answered that “our opponents must choose for what they charge us. They call us terrorists, that we want to dissolve Europe and the NATO and at the same time they call us compromised, that we have cut a deal with the international elite and with the profiteers. Both are not possible to exist”.
The main opposition leader said that is not among SYRIZA's priorities under the current conditions, Greece's exit from the NATO and underlined that his party does not change positions every day, adding that his opinion is that NATO's existence is meaningless under the new balances and should be replaced by other institutions.