{"id":3585,"date":"2026-05-01T20:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3585"},"modified":"2026-05-01T20:49:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T17:49:00","slug":"akis-skertsos-identification-with-lies-is-the-main-brand-of-tsipras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3585","title":{"rendered":"Akis Skertsos: Identification with lies is the main brand of Tsipras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <b>Aki Skertosos<\/b> gives an eloquent response to the numbers included among various ideas about wind and water in <b>Alexis Tsipras<\/b>&#8216;s manifesto, which premiered today. <\/p>\n<p>Today, the former prime minister&#8217;s pamphlet with a multitude of lies came out in the smelly air of <b>Premier Day<\/b>, coming to confirm once again what we all knew about Alexis Tsipras: First the soul comes out and then the hui.  <\/p>\n<p> <b>So it says in the manifesto for the coalition: <\/b>&#8220;The exodus of young people abroad, the shrinking of industrial production, the dependence on a model of cheap and one-dimensional <b>growth, <\/b>as well as increasing energy and environmental constraints, demonstrate the limits of the current production model. At the same time, technological transition and energy pressure make the ecological dimension central rather than complementary.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>As Akis Skertsos says: <b>&#8220;Here only lies and contradictions. <\/b>The flight abroad has been reversed. Industrial production is increasing. The Greek <b>economy <\/b>has become more export-oriented, now recording a trade surplus in sectors other than tourism, e.g. energy, agricultural products, etc. And of course the <b>left <\/b>is ostensibly concerned about the environment, but insists on loving polluting and expensive lignite and saying no to renewables, especially wind turbines.&#8221; <\/p>\n<h2>Pinocchio for life<\/h2>\n<p>Continuing, the Minister of State restores the truth: <b>&#8220;Identification with lies, which is the main brand of Tsipras, even in the rebranded version is the main brand I think. First the soul comes out and then the hui.&#8221;<\/b> <\/p>\n<p> <b>So, <b>Right repetition with numbers.<\/b> Tsipras Manifesto: &#8220;30 large companies got 87% of the loans from the Recovery Fund, while small and medium enterprises were left out.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As has been proven by his administration and experienced by Greek citizens, <b>numbers and economics have never been Mr Tsipras&#8217; forte and that has not changed either. <\/b> <\/p>\n<p> <b>The truth:<\/b> 58.7% of TAA loans have gone to small and medium enterprises with a total of \u20ac3.8 billion. What does this mean in practice? That <b>for the first time in 3.5 years, SMEs have gained access to truly low-interest financing approaching 4 billion to invest and grow. <\/b> <\/p>\n<p>At the same time, grants approved by the Recovery Fund for SMEs reach \u20ac1.6 billion. In addition, more than 18,000 SMEs have received 3.21 billion euros in loans for working capital and investments guaranteed by TAF resources. In total, around \u20ac5.5 billion from the EIF is channelled to SMEs. <\/p>\n<p>At the same time, resources to SMEs from the NSRF and the Greek Development Bank should be taken into account. <b>Only the latter from 2019 to 2024 has given 48,526 loans to SMEs amounting to 10.2 billion euros&#8221;<\/b> concludes Akis Skertos quoting numbers, something that has never been Mr Tsipras&#8217;s forte, hence he tried to become a writer, but let the urgent need to return with his manifesto, which&#8230; <b>introduced by his Swiss &#8220;colleague&#8221; Jean-Jacques Rousseau.<\/b> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\n    Akis Skertsos gives a straightforward response to the numbers that Alexis&#8217; manifesto includes among various ideas about wind and water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3585","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\/3585","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=3585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}