Opposition PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis on Wednesday called for snap elections, accusing the conservative New Democracy government of corruption, arrogance, and being out of touch with citizens.
Speaking at an event marking the 51st anniversary of the center-left party’s founding, Androulakis said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ administration had exhausted the patience of the Greek public.
“Your days of impunity are over,” he said, charging the government with turning the state into “a tool for its cronies,” undermining Parliament, and using the national intelligence service for political control.
Androulakis, a central figure in the illegal surveillance scandal of 2022, described the anniversary as the “starting point of a new moral and values-based revolution” and urged voters to “open the road to political change.” He pledged that PASOK could “rebuild a strong and productive Greece — one of justice and dignity.”
He also outlined PASOK’s proposals to tackle Greece’s demographic crisis, unveiled during a special discussion at the Zappeion. The plan includes incentives to reverse brain drain through regional development and remote work, universal free childcare and fertility support programs, and family-friendly tax relief such as eliminating value-added tax on baby goods and cutting property taxes for large households.
“Now is the time for a break with the old order,” Androulakis said.