Androuliakis: We will fight to keep the Cyclades national jewel

At an event on climate change and the environment spoke on Wednesday 13/03/2024 the president of the Movement for Change, . As President of PASOK-Movement Change, Nikos Androuliakis stressed in his greeting at the event of In social : Reliable Greece 2030- National dialogue on climate change and the environment “PASOK’s agenda has always raised issues of ecology very high, even at times when others were not interested. The more others thought green issues were a fad that would pass, we formed policies. Today we have a duty to take a step further in the public debate. To talk about climate justice, environmental inequalities, sustainability and resilience.” “It is not enough to discuss the transition to an economy of zero pollutants but we must move on to energy democracy. We want the state to be the pioneer, the coordinator and the guardian of this effort, but also the citizen to be a participant and co-formator at every stage, at every step,” added the President of the PASOK-Movement Change. He appointed four axes, at four pillars, the surviving Greece. “The first pillar has to do with the environment, with how we envision nature, rural landscape, Greek region, but also our cities and urban space. The second pillar concerns energy, what kind of fuel and energy we will use and where to come from. Will it be of natural origin or not? Where will they be stored? The third pillar of the surviving Greece is the developmental one. For us it is crucial that the question “what kind of development do we want for our country and what activities will it be based on?”. But the question of “who will this development serve?” summarizes the fourth pillar,” said Mr. Androuliakis. He stressed that “the answer is one and unequivocal: the needs of society, because environmental policy today must be an applied social policy” and added: “We stand with solidarity and empathy towards the politics of arrogance that avoid this level of public debate, politics that serves oligarchs and strong interests, doing business even with this so sensitive issue for humanity.” Nikos Androuliakis made a special reference to the situation in the Cyclades that, as he said, really angers me. “We see the mayors of many islands worried about the model of development of overtourism followed by the current government, about golden visa, about issues without rules and restrictions. A model that is not sustainable for either islands or citizens…. The beauty and culture of the unique jewel of Cyclades are at stake. And this is the message of tonight’s event: PASOK will fight for the Cyclades to remain a national jewel,” the president of PASOK-KINAL stressed. “This event a few weeks before the European elections opens a cycle of debate, not only on the environment, but on other major issues relating to our country. We have made the decision to start the debate with this environmental event, with society and with man in the foreground. We did it because we believe that in view of the 50 years since the founding of the Third Hellenic Republic, as a Greek state we must finally do our brave self-criticism and look into the gaps and shortcomings in the area we are discussing today. Starting with the great anniversary of our Republic, we have a duty to envision Greece in the immediate and distant future as a modern, democratic, environmental and social state. This is the historic role of PASOK today. And this historic political role will serve with passion and everyday struggle over the next few weeks so that in the battle of the European elections our party will make a victory leap against any form of maintenance,” Nikos Androulakis concluded. The former Prime Minister George Papandreou also addressed the party while there were members of the party, including the secretary of K.O., Evangelia Liakoulis, Manolis Christodoulakis, in charge of the Environment CTE, parliamentary representatives D. Mantzos and Michael Katrinis, the secretary of PASOK-KINAL, A. Spyropoulos, Kostas Laliotis and Kostas Scandalidis and several party executives. Interventions were made by academics studying environmental issues and bodies’ representatives.