{"id":2495,"date":"2026-04-25T08:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2026-04-25T08:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:09:00","slug":"famelos-out-of-touch-with-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=2495","title":{"rendered":"Famelos out of touch with reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

The public intervention of the president of SYRIZA, Socrates Famellos<\/strong>, from the podium of the Delphi Economic Forum<\/strong>, confirmed that a large part of the opposition<\/strong> is still out of touch with reality. As if they never ruled in the black four-year period 2015-2019<\/strong>. As if Syriza did not sign the third and heavier memorandum<\/strong> that will accompany for the next many years and bind future governments. <\/p>\n

Fiscal responsibility<\/strong> <\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n

The insistence of S. Famellos’ insistence on talking about the distribution of surplus<\/strong> as if it were a fund available for political use provoked an immediate and sharp response from Kyriakos Pierrakakis<\/strong>, who set the record straight by clearly reminding what fiscal responsibility<\/strong> means. <\/p>\n

The minister clarified once again, until it became clear to the Syriza<\/strong> cadres, its chairman and PASOK<\/strong>, that the surplus<\/strong> is not a product of over-performance shared at will, but the result of specific objectives agreed with the partners<\/strong>. He stressed that every euro that exceeds the target is assessed in the context of the overall course of the economy<\/strong> and cannot be turned into benefits without jeopardising the reliability of the country<\/strong>. He stressed that Greece<\/strong> cannot afford to return to practices that led to crisis<\/strong> and that the stability<\/strong> recorded today cannot be taken for granted. <\/p>\n

So, on the one hand, we have a opposition<\/strong> that keeps promising, insisting on proposals that completely ignore the context in which the Greek economy<\/strong> operates, without telling the truth, that the country is still under increased surveillance<\/strong> at the level of commitments, and on the other hand, a line that insists that numbers have consequences for society and the Greek economy. Kyriakos Pierrakakis<\/strong>, responding directly to Famellos’ statements, spoke of policies that cost billions in the past, of choices that burdened the country and of a period when the economy was led to a dead end<\/strong>. It sent a clear message that the same recipes cannot be repeated with different rhetoric. <\/p>\n

The third memorandum<\/strong> is a prime example. It was signed with heavy commitments for the country, with high primary surpluses<\/strong> for years, with strict supervision<\/strong> conditions, and with interventions that severely limited the degree of freedom of economic policy<\/strong>. That period was accompanied by closed banks<\/strong>, a loss of confidence and an economy that was again on the brink of collapse<\/strong>. Today, the same political force is attempting to present itself as the defender of society, proposing solutions that ignore the framework that it itself has shaped. This is exactly what Pierrakakis<\/strong> highlighted, speaking of criminal mistakes<\/strong> in the management of the economy, of choices that undermined the country’s course and of a perception that treated public finance<\/strong> as a field for political experimentation. No illusions He insisted that the country had paid dearly for these decisions and that a return to such logics was not an option. The concept of super surplus<\/strong>, as presented by S. Famellos, is in direct conflict with today’s reality. Any fiscal space<\/strong> is the result of hard balances and is assessed on the basis of commitments to partners<\/strong> and markets<\/strong>, the government says. The period of easy promises has ended painfully and this cannot be erased from the collective memory. <\/p>\n

The Pierrakakis<\/strong> intervention served as a reminder that economic policy<\/strong> cannot return to times of illusions. A landing, however bumpy, is necessary. And this time, it came in terms that hardly leave room for misinterpretation. <\/p>\n

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