Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis adopts the most extreme ‘Thatcherite’ positions and agrees on a number of structural and labour reforms the IMF demands from Greece, government sources said commenting on Mitsotakis’ interview with Washington Post.
The same sources blamed Mitsotakis of saying one thing in the country and another thing outside the country. “Mr Mitsotakis probably believes that the Greeks do not understand English or that they do not follow the US media,” they said and added: “Mitsotakis said that he agreed on a number of labour and structural reforms that the IMF demands from Greece. Therefore he agrees with mass layoffs, further cuts on salaries, the deregulation of the labour market, the abolition of collective negotiations and labour rights. So, he obviously agrees with the abolition of what is considered EU social acquis.”
ND leader stressed that the current leftist Greek government is inefficient and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras never intended to implement any reforms for the country’s economy, according to an interview with the Washington Post published on its website last Wednesday.
Greece deserves a serious and efficient government
“I think that Greece, first of all, deserves a serious and efficient government with good people in top positions,” he was quoted as saying, noting that the issue of the country’s debt needs to be addressed.
He went on to explain that Tsipras never really wanted to implement reforms but only hoped he could attain a restructuring of the country’s debt. This, he stressed, led the economy into a recession, with Greece being the first European country to impose capital controls.
The leader of the main opposition also criticised the government’s record in managing the refugee crisis, undelining that they haven’t been able to build the camps across the country for the 50,000 refugees and migrants who are stuck in Greece. He also called again for elections.
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