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The phrase
of the new Greek Minister for Health, Panagiotis Kouroumplis,
during the ceremony of taking duties from the former minister Makis Voridis, was impressively characteristic: "Α patrician
leaves and a plebeian comes."
The
magnitude of the unprecedented political change in Greece and Europe,
can be more easily understood from various pictures and actions
during the last week.
Right after
his election, Alexis Tsipras chosen to visit the memorial in
Kaisariani, the spot where 200 political activists - mostly
communists - were executed by Nazi forces on May Day 1944.
(http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/26/alexis-tsipras-greece-syriza-kaisariani-nazi-german)
A blind man
was chosen for the position of the Minister for Health. Panagiotis
Kouroumplis has a good knowledge and shows sensitivity on public
health issues but he was also blinded at the age of 10, from the
explosion of a German hand-grenade, a remnant of World War II.
The most
powerful symbolism, however, was when the former PM, Antonis Samaras,
chosen not to be present to deliver to Tsipras. This is probably the
best proof so far of what the previous regime represented: an
oligarchy which considers itself as a permanent owner of the power.
Local plutocrats have been exposed by their puppet Antonis.
In the
European level, the picture of plutocrats' representative, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, is also characteristic. Dijsselbloem appeared
extremely nervous, especially when Varoufakis clarified that Greece
will no longer tolerate austerity. This was actually a reaction of an
establishment which considers itself as the only legal and rational
holder of the power. An establishment in which no one is allowed to
propose an alternative, outside the "official" line.
This
establishment is in panic. It behaves with extreme arrogance and
nervousness. And, the reason for this behaviour is that for the first
time the unthinkable may happen: the power will truly go to the
people. Plutocrats will fight fiercely against such a perspective,
but at least show that inside panic they can easily expose
themselves.
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