Zoe Konstantopoulou responded to Giorgos Floridis in their Parliament with references to Joanna of Lorraine, reinforcing the narrative of political “crusading” and personal heroization.
Specifically, Zoe Konstantopoulou seems to have now definitively moved from the political debate to the phase of personal mythology. Her response to Giorgos Floridis, where she essentially likened herself to Joanna of Lorraine who “fights for Justice“, was not just an other exaggerated line of parliamentary tension. It was the ultimate encapsulation of the political narrative that the president of the Liberty Front has been building for years: the lone struggler, the persecuted heroine, the “chosen one” fighting almost alone against an entire system of power. Only when a political leader begins to treat himself more as a historical symbol than as a parliamentary actor, the result borders on political theatre with doses of personal grandiosity.
Zoe Konstantopoulou’s self-referentiality has now evolved into a key political tool. In every conflict she appears as the only authentic defender of democracy, justice and society against the “dark mechanisms“. But now, with the invocation of Joan of Arc, the political narrative has moved to another level: from opposition to an almost metaphysical mission. She is not just presented as a politician who disagrees; she is presented as a historical figure “fighting” to save institutions and people from evil.
From Parliament… to personal hagiography
The problem for the president of the Electoral Alliance is that the more she invests in the image of the political “martyr”, the more she reinforces the impression of a permanent personal performance. High tones, dramatic conflicts, accusations of “deflection” and now the almost heroic self-promotion of historical figures create a political setting where substance is often lost behind the theatricality. And in this way, the Parliament looks less like a parliament and more like a scene of historical drama, where Zoe Konstantopoulou is permanently starring in the role of the underdog heroine who is “fighting for the salvation of the country.”
