Addressing the founding congress of his new Greek Independent Party “Potami” which already made it to fifth place at the latest European Parliament elections – on Friday, Mr.Stavros Theodorakis called on the Greek people to decide “whether they will let alone the two ruling parties, whether they will offer them [satellite parties] ‘crutches’ or whether they will ask for someone to bring them to their senses”.

In his speech, Mr.Theodorakis stood against Right or Left populism, noting that Greece’s founding pillars should be “social justice and meritocracy, a new public sector and a new production model” and that “Greece should create its own Renaissance”. The leader of Potami supported a “patriotic action plan, a new social contract which will inspire society”.

He also talked about making the national elections system more representative of the vote of the people, reviewing the privileges and benefits of the political system, news publishers and media businessmen, drastically reducing the number of ministers in the government and reforming the tax system into being stable and fair.

Mr. Theodorakis concluded by describing Potami as a “movement that can act as a Trojan horse for young people to enter the impregnable castle”.

The congress began on Friday at Lavrion, southeastern Athens, Greece and is scheduled to finish on Sunday