The social networks were chosen by Euclid Tsakalotos in order to position himself against the proposal of the President of the party, Alexis Haritsi about a referendum, just as the Secretary of the Central Committee had done 24 hours earlier Gabriel Sakellaridis.
“No one will trust a party that gives the feeling that it is transiting the political system. A collective cannot be useful if its key executives do not believe in it—either autonomously or as part of a wider front”, pointedly notes Euclid Tsakalotos in his post.
In detail, the post:
About alliances and referendums
The New Left:
1. It must be formed as a party that has a clear view of what is wrong with modern capitalism and more specifically with its Greek version, with all its peculiarities.
2. To have a plan for the big challenges—inequality, climate crisis, demographic—that pave the way for a political economy and society where commons return to the municipality, where development does not destroy the environment and inequalities of all kinds are addressed as a priority.
3. Connects her vision to immediate priorities to address accuracy, the housing problem, the obsolescence of the NHS and other pressing needs.
4. It must work democratically—the medium is as important as the message—highlighting through its proposals the vision for another society.
5. He is fully aware that he does not have a monopoly on wisdom. He is looking for alliances at the social and political level.
6. All party organs are democratic, from the congress to the grassroots organizations. We discuss, listen to each other, change our opinion if we hear an aspect we hadn’t considered, decide and act.
7. The referendum is a democratic tool for solving dilemmas. The question is enough to be clear. For example: “In the next elections, you agree to ally with such and such a leader or with this coalition formed by the following parties.” Referendum with the question “alliances or entrenchment” makes no sense.
A condition for the formulation of such a question is that the party with which we will ally ourselves exists and has been established, or that it has not decided to suspend its operation by decision of its organs.
8. The issues of alliances and referendums are top issues, but they should not paralyze the day-to-day work of the party in society and in the central political arena. Only if we do the above will we be useful to a front that can win. Otherwise, our participation will most likely be characterized as simply self-interested.
9. No one will trust a party that gives the impression of being a transit in the political system. A collective cannot be useful if its core members do not believe in it—either autonomously or as part of a larger front.