Giorgos Florides took a clear position on the debate that has opened up on the ideological identity of the New Democracy party, speaking at the party’s 16th congress.
“Because some people talk about the soul of the party, I want to say that the big factions do not have one soul, they have at least two souls. New Democracy has its popular soul, but it also has its liberal soul,” the Justice Minister said specifically.
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At the same time, he spoke of the need for strong and stable governments, linking the crisis in the West to government fragmentation: “Europe is going through difficult times because its political systems and especially its governments are based on many parties, which cannot decide, cannot make strategies, they last little, their leaderships are consumed, and therefore the West is declining through the decline of its politics, through its inability to form one-party governments.”
The West is declining through the decline of its politics, through its inability to form one-party governments.
Talking about the internal affairs of New Democracy, Florides praised Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ strategy, stressing that the party’s great advantage is the synthesis of different tendencies. “If New Democracy has achieved anything with Kyriakos Mitsotakis, it is that he has assembled distinct political currents into a unified one,” he stressed.
Finally, the Justice Minister sent a message to those who seek the ideological enclosure of the party. This is a reality that must be realized.”
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