{"id":11778,"date":"2026-06-19T22:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11778"},"modified":"2026-06-19T22:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:01:00","slug":"alexandra-sdoukou-weve-paid-the-price-for-the-there-is-money-slogan-we-respect-every-euro-of-greek-citizens-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11778","title":{"rendered":"Alexandra Sdoukou: We\u2019ve paid the price for the \u201cthere is money\u201d slogan\u2014We respect every euro of Greek citizens (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"4\"><b>Alexandra Sdoukou<\/b> sharply criticized the economic rhetoric of the <b>opposition<\/b>, warning of the dangers of reckless handouts.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">The <b>press spokesperson for New Democracy<\/b> referred to the need to protect the country\u2019s economic stability and to <b>avoid the populist slogans<\/b> of the past, <b>New Democracy<a href=\"https:\/\/tomanifesto.gr\/nea-dimokratia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spokesperson Alexandra Sdoukou<\/b> made remarks. Ms. Sdoukou emphasized that empty promises and cost-free commitments were the main cause of the deep crises experienced by Greek society, calling on the political system to demonstrate maturity. As she pointedly noted, \u201c<b>This logic of \u2018let\u2019s hand everything out generously, there\u2019s plenty of money, everything\u2019s free\u2019 did not lead us to a good place. We paid the price<\/b>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">According to the spokesperson for the ruling party, the historical experience of recent decades <b>must serve as a guide for shaping current economic policy<\/b>, steering clear of experiments that jeopardize the sacrifices made by citizens. He emphasized that \u201c<b>when we make mistakes, we must learn from these past errors and be more careful<\/b>,\u201d while distinguishing the government\u2019s position from the tactics employed by the opposition parties.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"el\" dir=\"ltr\">Sdoukou: \u201cThis logic of \u2018let\u2019s hand everything out generously, there\u2019s plenty of money, everything\u2019s free\u2019 didn\u2019t lead us to a good place. We paid the price. When we make mistakes, we must learn from these past errors and be more careful. The opposition can promise whatever it wants\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/pSgwzYo2p7<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tomanifesto.gr (@tomanifesto) June 19, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">Ms. <b>Sdoukou<\/b> accused the opposition of playing it safe when it comes to making announcements, since it does not bear the burden of governing and maintaining fiscal balance. \u201c<b>The opposition can promise whatever it wants and hand out money recklessly. We are in government; we want to respect every euro of our fellow Greek citizens<\/b>,\u201d he stated emphatically.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexandra Sdoukou sharply criticized the opposition\u2019s economic rhetoric, warning of the dangers of reckless &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}