How the first 90 days went for the New Left has already been examined. The three months leading up to the polls that will be held on June 9th across the Greek territory are now important.
The timing is not good for an extraordinary new three-month attempt in the Center-Left space while right-wing and neoliberal voices multiply (at home and abroad). Despite the established conditions, the infant party is called upon to adequately respond to the first and major electoral battle it will fight in such a short period of time.
Of course, the main goal is to elect a representative to the European Parliament, strengthening the core of the European Left. Such a development will potentially constitute a first small “victory” for the New Left, which will allow it to gradually build on a solid foundation all the rest of its political version, gaining breadth, height and together voice in the ferments of the next day.
He is still balancing on a tightrope
The findings of a series of measurements have shown that the battle he will give in this three-month pre-election marathon is going to be, without a doubt, marginal. So far it is moving between 2.5% and 3.5% (intention or estimate of vote), with the tendency to be upward anyway.
And the fact that, based on the new distribution system of the 21 seats that was voted last January in combination with the postal vote, 3% does not secure data for a party, the degree of demands increases. There is a “but” that will be pending before the final results and it depends on the sum of the percentages of the parties that will be below the threshold and the remaining percentages of each faction within the threshold after the first phase of distribution.
The certainty of MEP election will be guaranteed simultaneously by both the percentage and the order at the end of the vote count. So the goal is twofold.
The strategy of the New Left
It is self-evident that in order for the New Left’s effort to succeed, it will seek to take advantage of every opportunity to capture voters from the base of SYRIZA, PASoK, Plefsis Eleftherias – even KKE or MeRa25 (which holds a not inconsiderable percentage in the extra-parliamentary arc). : whether they are undecided or not. Otherwise the beans will not come out to the required degree.
Already the motion of no confidence in the government over the non-state universities bill, whether it went ahead or not, has shown a tendency to show an even more militant, oppositional spirit in Parliament and expose others. The sharp announcement that followed was in this context of “deconstruction” of her opponents.
Also, alliances with people who have the political background and “know how” do not go unnoticed. The beginning was of course with Gavriel Sakellaridis who was activated again, the continuation does not exclude surprises for persons who in a more general context identify with the axes of its program. Reading behind the words of Efi Ahtsioglou’s interview in Sunday’s Vima, the door is wide open.
Can it touch 4%?
For the New Left, it is of great value to ensure participation in the European Parliament, but also to do so in a way that will make a little noise by stirring up the waters. Given that the Greek Solution of Mr. Velopoulos appears strengthened according to the polls, moving towards the forces of the KKE, the sixth place is desired – i.e. above Niki. This probably assumes 4% as a starting point and certainly not lower.
In this way, party sources estimate that the message that will be sent will have various recipients. On the one hand, the parties of the same “bloc”, since the New Left will have acquired an entity since the first time it became autonomous in nationwide elections, so it can play a role without being a firework. On the other hand, he will have placed himself above the forces of the right-wing – patriotic – far-right wing, stopping their spread on the main stage.
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