{"id":1158,"date":"2026-04-17T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:40:00","slug":"thanasis-kontogeorgis-toxicity-is-not-in-the-countrys-interest-elections-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=1158","title":{"rendered":"Thanasis Kontogeorgis: Toxicity is not in the country&#8217;s interest, elections in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Accusing that the national election will be held in 2027 was the Deputy Prime Minister <b>Thanasis Kontogeorgis<\/b>, in a statement on ERTnews Radio 105.8.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government is not considering the possibility of early elections,&#8221; he said clearly, while explaining &#8220;why&#8221;. &#8220;In the midst of a serious crisis in our neighbourhood with significant implications for the global economy &#8211; no economy will be immune &#8211; and with a project that we have to implement in the next 12 to 14 months, you understand that this is how we will proceed. Yesterday, after all, the prime minister <b>opened the fan of one axis of our proposal for the next day: it is geopolitics, the economy, but also what kind of organised democratic polity we want<\/b>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Summarily, &#8220;elections in 2027?&#8221; he was asked and answered one-wordedly: <b>&#8220;categorically.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, &#8220;the assumption of the EU presidency is a factor that is being taken into account, the country is being prepared regardless of who is in power in July 2027.&#8221; However, <b>&#8220;the major thing is institutional consistency&#8221;<\/b>, he said, referring to the exhaustion of the four-year term.<\/p>\n<p>The interview began with the health issue of Giorgos Mylonakis, who<b>is hospitalized as an intubated patient at &#8220;Evangelismos&#8221;<\/b>. &#8220;It was a shocking event,&#8221; Thanasis Kontogeorgis, who was present at the incident, said at the Maximos Mansion. He added: &#8220;But I really deeply believe that the development will be good and that he will emerge victorious from this battle.&#8221; While welcoming the stance taken yesterday by &#8220;the entire Parliament, with few exceptions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Toxicity in the political scene<\/h3>\n<p>He then spoke of <b>toxicity in the political scene<\/b>, which, &#8220;<b>besides the personal burden on people who are being hurt, is not in the country&#8217;s interest<\/b>. When we are in a period of discordant signs, you need a &#8216;good mind&#8217; and by that I am referring to political leaders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On this point, the Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister highlighted the importance of the political system coming to an understanding on important issues, however, clarifying that <b>&#8220;we will not agree on everything.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Taking stock of Thursday&#8217;s debate in Parliament on the Rule of Law, he said: &#8220;<b>I saw a prime minister discussing the present and the future, and I saw an opposition, with nuances of course, discussing mainly the past<\/b>.&#8221; He continued: &#8220;I feel that people want a calm to understand what is happening&#8221; &#8211; and this, he added, also concerns the separation of powers and the functioning of the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>About the <b>European Public Prosecutor<\/b>, he recalled that Greece was among the first countries in 2021 to introduce into national legislation the regulation governing the functioning of the European Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office. &#8220;There is an excellent cooperation, there is a cloud not in relations but over the political scene, there were issues with how fast the <b>documentation<\/b> is progressing,&#8221; the Deputy Prime Minister noted, adding: &#8220;They need to proceed quickly for political figures, and there were events that may be directly or indirectly linked to the European Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office, such as some leaks or the partial dispatch of the case file. The prime minister said simply and institutionally that the European Public Prosecutor&#8217;s Office is doing its job, we fully respect it &#8211; that is why the country&#8217;s progress on the rule of law issues is recorded.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, &#8220;it is this party, this government, this party that keeps the country in the European core, but I and I believe the whole political system want, when there are such issues, things to move quickly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On the issue that arose with Deputy Minister of Rural Development, <b>Macarios Lazaridis<\/b>, the deputy prime minister reiterated that &#8220;public style issues are always important in how the political agenda is shaped.&#8221; On this particular issue, &#8220;Mr Lazaridis, with his statement yesterday (the day before yesterday), made a self-criticism on the issue. From there he cleared the landscape a little bit about what had been done, whether the conditions were there, whether the recruitment was done in the right position and so on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In any case, he added, &#8220;citizens want those who deal with public affairs to be two and three times more careful and more formal. 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