The head of SYRIZA’s Left Platform Panagiotis Lafazanis spoke to ANT1 on Monday morning about his party’s plans regarding the euro and the proposal he submitted at his party’s recent central committee meeting. Mr. Lafazanis explained that “it is SYRIZA’s choice to follow an anti-bailout progressive policy [to remain] within the Eurozone, however if it is extorted, the implementation of its program will prevail”.
During SYRIZA’s central committee over the weekend the Left Platform submitted a proposal on not remaining within the Eurozone “at all costs”, which also scrutinized the party’s leadership for its stance against the Eurozone membership. Mr. Lafazanis questioned his party’s leadership and noted that it must not sacrifice its politics and avoid the populism and demagoguery of the far right.
Mr. Lafazanis maintained that SYRIZA must have an alternative funding plan for the economy, should the Eurozone negotiations fall through and stated that “despite the difficulties at first, a planned exit from the Eurozone with the implementation of a progressive and rectifying program is not a catastrophic choice, like dominant cycles intentionally propagandize”.
