“I didn’t stand as a candidate to achieve recognition, nor to lift my political shares. I got here down to offer a voice to those that at this time usually are not heard and to carry Europe nearer to them” the MEP candidate emphasizes to documentonews.gr SYRIZANikos Pappas.
“I feel that the world of the Left wanted rejuvenation and to imagine in itself once more, and Stefanos Kasselakis provides that,” he says of the social gathering’s president, whereas on the similar time revealing the explanations that pushed him to be a candidate, itemizing his priorities since is elected, explains the variations of SYRIZA from the opposite events of the progressive arc and sends a message to the younger people who find themselves pondering of abstaining on Sunday.
– Why did you determine to be a candidate with SYRIZA in these European elections?
As a result of I may not stay detached to the rise of the acute proper, each in Europe and in Greece. In opposition to conservatism, individualism, concern and insecurity we should promote the values of solidarity, collectivity and social justice. These values are advocated by the European Left, represented by SYRIZA, and we should with all our energy put an finish to the lie that ideologies are over, that the battle for a greater life goes by way of silence and submission to the highly effective, that success it is simply surviving and never dwelling and dreaming. Low expectations are not tolerated, resignation and complacency are unforgiven, and what the Left provides just isn’t solely a refuge for the susceptible, but additionally a way of motion to have the ability to change the world round them with out reductions and compromises to make it higher for the numerous and never the few. And my candidacy serves precisely that: That we are able to change Europe and the world with our values.
– Why ought to individuals vote for you? What does Nikos Pappas intend to supply to the European Parliament?
I don’t come from a political fireside, nor have I hooked up social gathering flags. I come from society and any success, but additionally any failure I’ve skilled in my life is due solely to my very own strengths. I didn’t stand as a candidate to achieve recognition, nor to lift my political inventory. I got here down to offer a voice to those that at this time usually are not heard and to carry Europe nearer to them. And I do not blame them in the event that they really feel her away from them. Not solely as a result of they are saying that it’s bureaucratic and sluggish in making selections, but additionally as a result of sadly the Greek authorities makes positive that any advantages it receives usually are not unfold to Greek residents by way of the centralized and non-transparent administration of European funds. I ask that the individuals vote for me in order that they’ve an MEP who won’t do public relations or vacation in Brussels, however will struggle for them each day.
– What’s your opinion about Stefanos Kasselakis? What’s its most vital benefit and what’s its foremost flaw?
Stefanos Kasselakis is making an attempt to attain one thing terribly troublesome. To placed on its ft a celebration that solely a yr in the past skilled a heavy electoral defeat and some months in the past a cut up inside it. One can not fail to acknowledge him for the vitality he places in each day to convey the message of SYRIZA to all of society and his try to attain reconnection with it, as he proved with the preparation of the European poll. Anybody who tries makes errors, whether or not they’re generally because of inexperience, or to the over-promotion of the media, as he himself has additionally admitted. However I acknowledge that he has honest intentions to alter first his social gathering after which Greece in his personal genuine approach. I feel the world of the Left wanted revitalization and to imagine in itself once more and Stefanos Kasselakis provides that.
– Why ought to individuals assist SYRIZA and never another progressive social gathering?
As a result of the reality is that we’re the one social gathering that makes a constant, dynamic and documented opposition to ND and Kyriakos Mitsotakis. If one seems on the present pre-election interval, SYRIZA is the one social gathering that submits proposals in a easy and comprehensible method for a sequence of points that concern residents, resembling accuracy, the housing disaster, tax justice, whereas we’ve submitted proposals for each combating corruption and strengthening the credibility of the political system, in addition to reforming the Nationwide Well being System. The progressive world wants an official opposition that’s not afraid to conflict with the ND of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, that’s not silent on the arbitrariness and vanity of its ministers and parliamentarians and that may immediately convey the calls for of society past the glass of social gathering workplaces and micropolitical calculations and compromises.
– What do individuals say to you on the varied excursions and occasions? Does he present curiosity in what SYRIZA has to say to him?
What I meet on my excursions are people who find themselves fed up with the greetings and pictures of visiting politicians. They’re uninterested in being co-ops in pictures and movies, uninterested in being remembered solely when we’ve elections. They really feel that the political employees doesn’t respect them and that they can’t step into their place. They’re examined by accuracy, they do not have a completely geared up hospital with machines and employees close by, its transportation and infrastructure are antiquated and on the finish of the day they surprise how it’s potential for the federal government to current all the things so completely, whereas they usually lack the mainly. There’s a large discrepancy between the city facilities and the periphery, however on the similar time there may be additionally a gradual convergence with what SYRIZA has to suggest. They acknowledge that we’re combating a troublesome battle, however however I discover that self-confidence and optimism have returned and there’s a willingness to belief us once more.
– And at last, a message for the younger individuals who have determined to remain away on Sunday…
The younger man presently in Greece is working for a thousand scraps and with this thousand and with this cash he lives in some floor flooring within the heart of Athens paying at finest 400 euros in lease, the remaining that’s left is for the grocery store for the gasoline and for electrical energy. They’ve sufficient for a espresso with their mates… Is that this their recreation? The place do desires slot in, making a household and opening a home? They do not dream, they do not hope, they do not hope. I’m inquisitive about these individuals waking up, being impressed and transferring ahead. In Greece this isn’t potential. You’ll both go overseas and quit all the things to discover a higher future or you’ll endure a state of affairs that’s pathetic. I do know what is going on on on the market, that is why I come right here and struggle to alter one thing. That’s the reason I name on them to return on Sunday and vote in order to not let others determine for them as soon as once more.
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