The parties are in turmoil – not because they are desperate to… help the country, but because they are worried about what the future has in store for them. All parties, where old or new, are facing personal problems, primarily concerning their officers. Ideas and struggle are out of the question.
Meanwhile, the problems stemming from developments abroad, namely the imported problems, are necessitating solutions that primarily generally bold decisions. With its vague foreign policy Greece “managed” to displease Obama and the Americans, as well as Putin and Russia.
Greece is generally not getting involved… We are neither with Putin, nor against him. This neutrality obviously means that as a consequence, our country pays the highest market prices for natural gas from Russia – the highest compared to all the other European countries.
In today’s world these weaknesses are not forgiven. Because, as the popular saying goes, “if you are not on the table, you are on the menu”.
Our introversion leads us to situation like the one we face today: while there are conflicts going all over around Greece – political, military and financial – we are concerned over who is going to be elected President. A post that is obviously very honorary, but pointless.
In the end, those who present themselves as political leaders should be aware that: when are you are sitting on one table, playing with others and ask who is the sucker in the ground and you cannot answer, then you are the sucker in the group…
Stavros P. Psycharis
Originally published in the Sunday print edition
