Alexis Tsipras in Inforum: In a fifth society young people do not stay and do not return
Avlaia at the Great Conference Inforum: ‘Brain Regain – Retain’ With former Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to participate in a full -length discussion on the burning issue of Brain drainto propose solutions for the next day and focus on the trust relationships that the state should « build » with young people.
With the human capital forming the new landscape for the next day and the attempt to halt « flight » being a test for strong solvents, the House Library turned into a workshop of ideas and sincere dialogue.
The former prime minister at the Grand Congress of In
‘Country has undergone a great deal of retreat’
Alexis Tsipras entered straight into essence by drawing information From the Metron Analysis survey presented at the Grand Congress of In.
« I hold back to mismatch with government rhetoric. If one hears the government, they think the brain drain was resolved. But in the research you have presented there is a matter, « he initially said. « The country has undergone a great deal for the last 15 years, average income has declined by 13 points. Of the 80% of the European average in 2007 we are now at 60%. The country is still diverging from Europe, « he added.
Continuing his arguments, he cited research on comparative data in Greece with European countries and said: « The percentage of citizens at the poverty line is 28%, same as Bulgaria and Romania. We have a phenomenon of Balkanization of the country’s economic life. It is reflected in wages, public services, the welfare state, the rule of law and the sense of equality. The generations of the last 15 years, for the first time after the war, feel that they will live worse than the previous ones. This is the main reason that drives and maintains the brain drain. Another element is that in Greece, there is the highest taxation of wage labor. The government, when assumed, reduced taxation on large incomes. «
He said that in the last six years great opportunities have been lost. « The research you have presented shows a society that only one fifth is prosperous. At the same time in 2024 we had a record of the listed companies on the Stock Exchange. For the vast majority of the people, things are not better, ”he found.
He did not fail to refer to the « war climate » for the public university, stressing that it « reminds him of the Trump government » that is hostile to knowledge by adopting a « neoliberal approach ».
‘Feeling frustration in young people’
Speaking about the period when he was at the helm of the country, he said: « We received the country in bankruptcy and delivered growth. We focused on research and innovation, spent significant amounts, not what we would like « and speaking about it now stressed that » the Mitsotakis government has a different orientation. He sees research as a business. There is no political will, though fiscal, there is more room. » He went on to say that no plan and strategy for changing the productive model was built.
« The difference (in 2015-2016) is that young people were leaving because the country’s economy could not stand them, today they are leaving because they do not withstand the country, » he said in a decent manner.
« The productive model has been overcome, it is what has led us to the crisis. This whole situation creates the feeling of frustration in young people, « the former prime minister said, saying that we should all believe in ourselves and make a development leap to reverses the situation. « If this is not the case, the Greek economy will fall on the rocks again. At the same time, there should be an economic policy that will alleviate social inequalities, « he said.
He referred to all four « A » that should make up the new model: development, redistribution, durability, safety.
These are the four « As » that should make up the new model according to Alexis Tsipras: development, redistribution, durability, security.
It takes a reform grid
He then referred to a network of reforms necessary for the country. « Greece has the highest taxation in wage labor. An employee’s charges are 22%. How will young people come here? Taxation is a crucial issue. We didn’t even « touch » the great wealth, what we would like. » He noted that reforms must also be done at work in order to have security and legality.
Among other things, he referred to the 2018 Bridges program, which allowed the country to make the most of the minds.
The political landscape
Elsewhere in his position he noted that there was a deficit in the opposition and explained the government’s superiority: « We are moving towards a fifth society. This means that 21% will have no reason not to vote for this government. If they are also strong financial interests with the media influence and public opinion, 21% can be 30%. But the remaining 70% are they? It is fragmented, split, scattered and without a vision. «
To the question of whether he estimates that the current situation in the country can continue, he replied: « Theoretically it can continue for a long time as long as there is no alternative political proposal. The big demand for the political life of the place, which is also Balkan, is whether there will be an alternative proposal. If it does not exist, the quagmire will continue. If there is an effort for a vision and a credible alternative to today’s government, then things will change. «
The comment of a government spokesman:
He said about what Alexis Tsipras said, government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis issued:
« It is an inalienable and self -evident right of a former prime minister to be publicly positioned – for whatever reason he thinks.
However, the topic for which Alexis Tsipras chose to place today gives birth, once again, a reasonable question:
How is it possible for the prime minister who, with his policies, made hundreds of thousands of young people to leave the country, calling for the Mitsotakis government, who has returned to 420,000 out of the 650,000 who left the crisis?
The tragedy of the first time left under Mr Tsipras is still fresh in the memory of the citizens.
So far, without the slightest practical repentance, the « institutional » second time refers to a farce. «
