The president of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras, who is currently on a trip to Moscow, spoke of a “democratic deficit” in Europe, arguing that the European leadership unfortunately wants “subservient governments” in Ukraine and Greece. Mr. Tsipras further elaborated that these subservient governments are meant to represent the “short-sighted ambitions” of European leadership, rather than the interests of their people.
Mr. Tsipras accused Prime Minister Antonis Samaras of being “nothing more than Mr. Barroso’s puppet since 2011” and that the PM’s goal has been to carry on with the bailouts, when the Greek people expressed an “anti-bailout rhetoric”. The SYRIZA leader argued that Europe must “return to its founding values” of social cohesion, solidarity and progress.
Regarding the Ukrainian crisis, the SYRIZA leader stressed the need for a peaceful solution and maintained that Ukraine must be a “bridge of cooperation instead of conflict” and stated that only the Ukrainian people are qualified to decide upon their future, through the provided constitutional and democratic procedures.
