THE Nikos Androulakis characterized agreements important with the American companies for the drilling and LNG as they allow manipulations in foreign policy, however, he appeared cautious about their results as he expects to see the final contracts that will be presented to the Parliament for ratification.
The president of PASOK-Change Movement, at the event “European security and defense…the test of European integration”, organized by MEP G. Maniatis and the S&D group, disagreed with the “celebrations of the government”, as he said, because he continued to “it shows that it has a complete plan when it doesn’t. PASOK started it all in 2011».
«ND has made a mess of energy. It failed in the “green transition”, with PPC speculating instead of investing in networks and storage, we became dependent on Russian natural gas and now it is trying to disengage while distributing the country’s energy space to private interests”, Nikos Androulakis pointed out according to APE.
Answering a question about relations with Turkey, he argued that the strategy of Greece and the EU should be a new Helsinki for the settlement of the maritime zones in the SE Mediterranean and the continental shelf in the Aegean, the only outstanding issue between the two countries, with a “carrot” of a new Customs Agreement. “I don’t reject her removal of the casus belli I disagree with making a bargain for Turkey to enter the SAFE program, as presented by Mr. Mitsotakis”, he stressed.
The discussion extended to internal politics, where Mr. Androulakis underlined that in the matters of ‘Defence and Security, Foreign Policy, Education and Health, consents are required, clearly clarifying that in no case does this mean governmental cooperation. “My goal is for ND to join the opposition. We are strategic rivals with “Maximus system“, as we were with the Tsipras government”.
“The PASOK will fight autonomously against the ND. Only PASOK can succeed ND and not cause chaos in the country, because it is a serious party and does not cause chaos. That’s why ND hits him while not hitting Velopoulos. They have chosen to hit PASOK, the Center, so that it does not raise its head”, emphasized Nikos Androulakis.
He commented on Antonis Samaras’ simile for the ND government “blue modernization of Simitis”, saying that the Mitsotakis government is not leaving anything big while the PASOK government of Kostas Simitis he left the accession to the euro, of Cyprus, the Independent Authorities, the big projects.