Why Greece is afraid of “Italianization” and the scenarios of anarchy
We may repeat stereotypically that we are “una fatsa una race”, we may in recent years have been included in common lists of exorbitant debts, but the truth is that Italian political life rarely resembled Greek: the different system, the different choices and (mainly ) the different manipulations at critical moments separated one from the other.
This time, however, Italy has managed to gain the full attention of Europe. Rome proved vulnerable after the resignation of Mario Draghi. post speculative funds to bet openly on bankruptcy , just weeks before national elections, the Italian political system has an explosive cocktail and fluid politics to manage – Giorgia Meloni’s “Brothers of Italy” leading the polls and aspiring to lead a conservative coalition in the same category. with Viktor Orbán and Marine Le Pen.
The first Greek concerns began to be expressed in the days of Draghi’s resignation, as several government officials recognized the danger of instability to spread to the south, with an eye also on the economically difficult winter to come.
In fact, Athens has its sights set on the summer of 2023, as the simple proportional elections are scheduled by Kyriakos Mitsotakis for late spring.
The possibility of “Italianization” is actually a scenario of political and economic adventure that will create crisis conditions in the next year, given that the case of surveillance and the fierce conflict of political forces has its own impact on the institutional channels between the parties.
In addition to the economic difficulties brought by the accuracy and energy conditions after the introduction of Russia into Ukraine, the almost inevitable fact of double elections has become a point of discussion and strategic search in both the blue camp and the opposition, for the possibility that even the second ballot . to form a government.
The electoral law
In the center-right parliamentary group, the first public petitions have already begun to change the majority electoral law that the ND voted for in an even more “stable” electoral framework, with bigger bonuses for the first party. “This is an issue, which is indeed a concern, in the sense that a key goal and weakness today is the lack of stability that threatens the country,” said Dora Bakoyannis (SKAI), citing Italy as an example to avoid.
“The electoral law with the 50 bonuses gives very high chances of stability. This is being discussed in all the wells.” The topic of changing the electoral law was also raised by Maximos Charakopoulos (“Parliament Channel”), who commented that it is something that is being discussed among the blue-collar MPs. The change of the institutional framework, however, was rejected by the government representative: “Stability is a key issue for the effectiveness of governance and for effectively dealing with the challenges we face. Anything not related to the election is not on our agenda. We are moving forward with the existing institutional framework”, said Yannis Oikonomou.
The opposition
Even for the opposition parties, however, stability has its importance – PASOK, an eminently systemic party, has been comparing its seriousness with that of SYRIZA all this time, while the official opposition knows the importance of stability for the electoral choice of the voters of the political Center, who fear adventures like those of the first half of his administration. What their leaderships do not do, however, is not equate stability with the presence of the current government in power.
Printed edition “THE NEWS”