“The Tempe accident has left a strong imprint on Greek society and as SYRIZA we are obliged and committed to be the voice of justice and society within the House,” the SYRIZA president said. Socrates Famellos, Referring to the debate with the new left on the attitude of the two parties on the issues of the Tempi Pre -Trial Committee.
Mr Famellos stressed that “we will do everything to reveal all the aspects of this dark and tragic case and to give justice as high as those responsible”, adding that “Mr Mitsotakis is doing everything in order not to reveal the truth but we will do it.”
Referring to the announcement of PPC President G. Station for the creation of a factory where the waste of Western Macedonia and Epirus will be burned, he said that “there is not a single target of Europe to be implemented through this plan”. He emphasized that “throughout the waste management chain, the government includes mixed waste, while at the same time the cremation of waste is out of the EU strategy and is not funded”. He concluded by saying that “in no circumstances should Western Macedonia become a waste combustion unit”.
Mr Famellos also referred to issues related to the fair transition and the course of the apoliticalization to Western Macedonia, describing the situation in dark colors and sounding the alarm as he said “the money of the € 7.5 billion pack has not come to the area so far.” He emphasized that “the situation goes from bad to worse with unemployment being high and demographic being perched in double digits, while the sedimentation of investment creates a stranglehold for young people leaving the area.” He predicted that the next period in the area “there will be about 20000 unemployed”. He described the closure of the new Ptolemais 5 unit as “unthinkable” to become a unit of Fa and accused the prime minister and the government that “with the choices they make on the issues of viewing the region it would force citizens to pay high costs”.
He concluded by saying that “Western Macedonia needs public policies to survive” and “the situation can be overthrown if we claim the right to survival and expel the government.”
If one wants an example of destructive pan -European policy, one should come to Western Macedonia.
If he is looking for the synonym of the word “poverty” and “abandonment”, he will find Western Macedonia in 2025.
If he is looking to find the synonym of the words “hypocrisy” and “lie”, he will … pic.twitter.com/AAURwH3n5T
– Socrates (@sfamellos) May 16, 2025
In the evening, Mr Famellos will speak at a political gathering of his party in Ptolemais.