Alexis Tsipras’ Sunday post was more than a response to the President of the Republic, Konstantinos Tasoulas, who denied his request to publish the minutes from the 2015 leaders’ conference that would reveal the double standards of the attending parties. It was, in essence, a message across all fronts: ten years since 2015 is enough time for history to be written based on facts — not speculation, insults, smear campaigns, or biased commentary aimed at tarnishing SYRIZA’s governance.
“Ten years of propaganda and distortion are enough. I believe it’s time to calmly assess this historical period — perhaps the most difficult for our country since the restoration of democracy — and the best way is through documents, not propaganda narratives,” Tsipras wrote, effectively saying “enough is enough.”
He emphasized that it’s time for the truth to emerge through evidence and firsthand testimonies rather than political spin. He criticized those who have spent years attacking his government without factual basis, accusing them of rewriting history while ignoring when Greece actually defaulted.
“The answer is obvious: some people don’t want the truth. They prefer propaganda. The insistence on measuring Greek history only from January 2015 is absurd — as if the Greek Republic was founded then, as if there were no responsibilities for the 2009 bankruptcy. As if Greece didn’t go bankrupt in 2009 but in 2015. These are the same people who continue the exact same policies today that led us into crisis,” he stated clearly, linking past actions to current issues.
Tsipras also directly addressed recent developments, particularly the OPEKEPE scandal, accusing the Mitsotakis government of distancing Greece from Europe through illegal subsidies, waste of public funds, clientelism, corruption, and undermining the judiciary.
“These are the same people who used the slogan ‘stay in Europe’ in 2015 but have continuously pushed us away from it — before 2009 and again today. They have turned our relationship with Europe into one governed by judicial authorities. They’ve brought us to the bottom among 27 EU countries in terms of per capita income and household purchasing power. They’ve Balkanized Greece — glaring inequalities, clientelist state structures, corruption, institutional paralysis. The deep state they claimed to fight? It’s them,” Tsipras warned.
He expressed concern over the future trajectory of the country, drawing parallels between current practices and those that led to Greece’s financial collapse in 2009.
“This is their circle. These are their methods — the ones that built a kleptocratic regime. The same ones they once called ‘We ate everything together.’ No, it wasn’t foreigners’ fault. The responsibility was purely Greek. And even though we had no part in it, we bore that burden patiently from 2015 to 2019 to clean up the future.”
Tsipras’ message serves as both a reflection on the past and a warning for what lies ahead.