{"id":12300,"date":"2026-06-23T07:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T04:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=12300"},"modified":"2026-06-23T07:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T04:41:00","slug":"theyre-closing-for-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=12300","title":{"rendered":"They&#8217;re closing&#8230; for vacation!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The opposition sees\u2026 elections, but <b>all they care about is booking hotels, going for swims, and drinking espresso in their Bermuda shorts.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cRed Cat\u201d decided yesterday to pick up the phone and do a report, even though this is usually something younger cats would do.<\/p>\n<p>But \u201cGen Z\u201d in journalism is busy on social media and, in general, isn\u2019t into weekend work; <b>it prefers long weekends to be happy. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>However, there are representatives of other, earlier generations with these characteristics as well. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is Alexis?,\u201d asked our Cat, a former minister of SYRIZA who has passed through the gates of the Hellenic Police\u2019s \u201cparadise.\u201d \u201cIn <b>Cyprus<\/b>,\u201d he replied. \u201cBut that was three days ago,\u201d insisted the Cat, while his interlocutor tried to change the subject.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president is eyeing elections,\u201d the former minister tried to wriggle out of the trap, realizing what our Cat was setting for him. He\u2019s thinking, if I mention the polls, he\u2019ll take the bait and follow the line of reasoning. The ploy didn\u2019t work. <b>\u201cAnd is that why he\u2019s taking a vacation?\u201d<\/b> the Cat dropped the bomb.<\/p>\n<p>And was President Alexis the only one? We\u2019ve learned that one of the main topics of discussion on Amalias Avenue, where the Tsipras Institute is headquartered, is summer vacation time off. Let the shifts get their time off too! Let\u2019s not leave the videographers behind with no one to film.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, <b>they\u2019re arranging their vacations at Harilaou Trikoupi Street as well<\/b>. The relevant \u201ccircular\u201d is already circulating among the various departments of the central offices, while in Parliament everyone is looking to see the summer session schedule and when proceedings will be suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Logically, a normal political observer would be led by this information to conclude that they, too, are anticipating elections and are on the lookout for evidence. Alas! <\/p>\n<p>They want to book hotels and plan their social media posts. <\/p>\n<p>Because, you see, modern technology lets you appear as if you\u2019re present, while your mind and body are traveling to other states.<\/p>\n<h3><b>C<\/b><b>apitalism is on the rise<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The only one who seems to effectively combine business and pleasure is <b>Stefanos Kasselakis<\/b>. He\u2019s put together his team, and they travel all over Greece together. <\/p>\n<p>They make their rounds, meet people, take their dips, and enjoy a drink. Especially the shot in the car with the shorts and the beer between his legs was excellent.<\/p>\n<p>Fun and work, in the style of <b>Yanis Varoufakis,<\/b> who attends conferences around the world and is seen dancing with other participants. You know, for the defeat of the global capitalist system. The capitalists really have nowhere to hide. <\/p>\n<p>Those, of course, who have escaped <b>Zoe Konstantopoulou<\/b>, who traditionally enjoys swimming in Northern Euboea.<\/p>\n<p>Since we\u2019ve mentioned \u201cGen Z\u201d and the characteristics it shares with a segment of our political class (ed.: mainly the opposition), Gatos recalled a \u201cstory\u201d: <\/p>\n<p>There was once a professor who agreed with his students that they would all receive the same grade, based on the average of their written exams. <\/p>\n<p>In the first semester, some students scored 8s and 9s, while others scored 3s and 4s. But the average was 7, and everyone was satisfied. The first group decided to study more, and the second group decided to go on vacation.<\/p>\n<p>In the second semester, some students scored 9s and 10s, while others scored 0s and 1s. Yet again, however, everyone passed, because the average was a 6. Then everyone went on vacation, and in the next semester, everyone scored a zero, and no one passed. <\/p>\n<p><b>Conclusion? Populism and a one-size-fits-all approach don\u2019t lead to anything good. Many announcements aren\u2019t what they seem, and this isn\u2019t a joke.<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>Don\u2019t take us seriously!<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Theoni Koufonikolakou<\/b> made it clear in a television interview: \u201cAlexis Tsipras talked about a 500-euro raise for doctors and teachers, but we\u2019ll see!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>And so that no one has any doubt about the seriousness of what is being said by officials of ELAS officials, he added: \u201cCitizens must exercise critical thinking during the election campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words: don\u2019t believe us, don\u2019t take us seriously, because after the elections we\u2019ll tell you the classic line: \u2018We wanted to, but it\u2019s the fault of the previous government, which left us with empty coffers.\u2019 Old-school party politics, new edition.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Born in 1996<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The headline refers to the deputy press spokesperson for the Hellenic Police, <b>Giorgos Balatsoukas<\/b>, who posted a text on his Facebook account that would be more fitting for someone born in 1966 or, at the very least, 1976. In other words, someone in their 50s taking stock of their life. <\/p>\n<p>The young politician describes his journey to recognition and success, beginning with the moment he met Alexis Tsipras. A truly peculiar notion of social progress\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>The fact that he even managed to give a lifestyle interview is something this column will leave uncommented. All these years the \u201cRed Cat\u201d has been on the fringes, and not a single TV star has come along to ask him about his life!<\/p>\n<h3><b>Old friendships, new adventures<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Alexis Tsipras continue to live together<\/b>. As reported in \u201cEleftheria tis Kalamatas,\u201d one of the most reputable local newspapers in our country, among the \u201c300 plus 1\u201d signatures in support of the Hellenic Police is that of Andreas Karampinis. <\/p>\n<p>He is a well-known professor of medicine from Messinia and\u2026 a relative of the former President of the Republic. We\u2019re talking about a staunchly right-wing figure whose name has been mentioned from time to time as a potential candidate for parliament or mayor. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The opposition sees\u2026 elections, but all they care about is booking hotels, going for swims, and drinking freddo with the \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300","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=12300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}