{"id":6799,"date":"2026-05-21T20:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=6799"},"modified":"2026-05-21T20:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T17:35:00","slug":"konstantopoulou-the-joan-of-arc-of-parliament-and-the-permanent-need-for-self-personalisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=6799","title":{"rendered":"Konstantopoulou, the… Joan of Arc of Parliament and the permanent need for self-personalisation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zoe Konstantopoulou<\/b> responded to Giorgos Floridis in their Parliament with references<\/b> to Joanna of Lorraine, reinforcing the narrative of political “crusading”<\/b> and personal heroization<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Specifically, Zoe Konstantopoulou seems to have now definitively moved from the political debate<\/b> to the phase of personal mythology<\/b>. Her response<\/b> to Giorgos Floridis, where she essentially likened herself to Joanna of Lorraine<\/b> who “fights for Justice<\/b>“, was not just an other exaggerated line of parliamentary tension<\/b>. It was the ultimate encapsulation of the political narrative that the president of the Liberty Front<\/b> has been building for years: the lone struggler<\/b>, the persecuted heroine, the “chosen one” fighting almost alone against an entire system of power<\/b>. Only when a political leader begins to treat himself more as a historical symbol<\/b> than as a parliamentary actor, the result borders on political theatre with doses of personal grandiosity<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Zoe Konstantopoulou’s self-referentiality<\/b> has now evolved into a key political tool<\/b>. In every conflict<\/b> she appears<\/b> as the only authentic defender of democracy, justice<\/b> and society against the “dark mechanisms<\/b>“. But now, with the invocation of Joan of Arc, the political narrative has moved to another level<\/b>: from opposition<\/b> to an almost metaphysical mission. She is not just presented as a politician who disagrees<\/b>; she is presented as a historical figure “fighting” to save institutions and people from evil<\/b>.<\/p>\n

From Parliament… to personal hagiography
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The problem for the president of the Electoral Alliance is that the more she invests in the image of the political “martyr”, the more she reinforces the impression of a permanent personal performance. High tones, dramatic conflicts, accusations of “deflection” and now the almost heroic self-promotion of historical figures create a political setting where substance is often lost behind the theatricality. And in this way, the Parliament looks less like a parliament and more like a scene of historical drama, where Zoe Konstantopoulou is permanently starring in the role of the underdog heroine who is “fighting for the salvation of the country.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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