Τα μεγάλα σχέδια του Μακρόν, η νέα φάση του πολέμου στην Ουκρανία και οι χαμένες (ευρωπαϊκές) ευκαιρίες του Τσίπρα

τα μεγάλα σχέδια του μακρόν, η νέα φάση του πολέμου στην ουκρανία και οι χαμένες (ευρωπαϊκές) ευκαιρίες του τσίπρα

Τα μεγάλα σχέδια του Μακρόν, η νέα φάση του πολέμου στην Ουκρανία και οι χαμένες (ευρωπαϊκές) ευκαιρίες του Τσίπρα

*** Μεγάλα όνειρα έχει ο Μακρόν για το Παρίσι. Εύλογα. Όμως, για να τα πετύχει, έχει ανάγκη από ευρύτερες συμμαχίες. Κι αυτό το ξέρει. Και σ’ αυτό ποντάρει, μεταξύ άλλων, η Αθήνα, προσδοκώντας σε αποκατάσταση των σχέσεων μαζί του.

*** Για παράδειγμα, οι πληροφορίες που φτάνουν και στην ελληνική πρωτεύουσα αναφέρουν ότι οι Γάλλοι θέτουν σοβαρή υποψηφιότητα για να φιλοξενήσουν το υπό σύσταση capital market union. Έτσι, ώστε, στο τέλος της ημέρας, να πετύχουν τον μεγάλο στόχο τους.

*** Ποιος είναι αυτός; Να καταστεί το Παρίσι ευρωπαϊκό financial hub. Και έτσι να αντικαταστήσει το Σίτι του Λονδίνου, που μετά το Brexit έχασε πολύ μεγάλο μέρος από την παλιά του λάμψη.

*** Για να πάρει όμως την έδρα του capital market union, το Παρίσι θα πρέπει να κάνει σοβαρό, πανευρωπαϊκό λόμπινγκ. Από το οποίο δεν μπορεί – ή καλύτερα, δεν μπορεί να αποκλειστεί – κανείς. Συνεπώς και η Ελλάδα.

*** Κι άρα, αυτή θα είναι μια πρώτης τάξεως αφορμή επαναπροσέγγισης. Και δεν θα είναι η μοναδική.

*** Η Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας ετοιμάζεται για ένα μεγάλο, υπερατλαντικό, ταξίδι. Θα επισκεφθεί, απ’ ότι ακούω, Χιλή και Ουρουγουάη. Δηλαδή, ετοιμάζει βαλίτσες για Λατινική Αμερική. Κάποια στιγμή ως το τέλος του έτους.

*** Ενδιαφέρουσα επιλογή, από πολλές απόψεις. Η σημαντικότερη; Και στις δυο χώρες υπάρχει σημαντική ελληνική ομογένεια. Ειδικά στην Ουρουγουάη. Κι όπως είναι φυσικό, πάντα, η παρουσία μιας Προέδρου εκεί βοηθά τα μέγιστα, από πολλές απόψεις.

*** Εδώ να σημειώσω, πάντως και μια «αδικία». Η θητεία της Προέδρου της Δημοκρατίας, στην πρώτη φάση της τουλάχιστον, συνέπεσε με την καραντίνα, λόγω της πανδημίας του κορονοΐού.

*** Γεγονός που είχε ως αποτέλεσμα να μην της επιτρέψει να ασκήσει – εκτός συνόρων τουλάχιστον – τις υποχρεώσεις της (μέσω επισκέψεων, διεθνών επαφών κλπ, κλπ), όπως ενδεχομένως σχεδίαζε.

*** Αλλά και οι αναποδιές, μέσα στη ζωή είναι. Ειδικά οι απρόβλεπτες. Και τυχαίνουν σε όλους. Άλλα σχεδιάζεις κι άλλα σου προκύπτουν στην πορεία. Τι θυμήθηκα τώρα μ’ αφορμή αυτή την ιστορία;

*** Στην τελευταία επίσκεψη της στην Αθήνα, η Ούρσουλα φον ντερ Λάιεν, σχεδίαζε να επισκεφθεί, συνοδευόμενη από τον Κυριάκο Μητσοτάκη, κάποια υγειονομική δομή, επί ελληνικού εδάφους.

*** Πιο συγκεκριμένα, κάποια που έχει ενισχυθεί σημαντικά από κοινοτικά κονδύλια, με αποτέλεσμα να βελτιώσει πολύ τις παρεχόμενες υπηρεσίες της. Θα έκανε καλό (και) στο προεκλογικό προφίλ της.

*** Τελικά, αναβλήθηκε κι αυτή, την τελευταία στιγμή, λόγω άλλων ανειλημμένων υποχρεώσεων, που δεν μπορούσαν να πάνε πίσω.

*** Άλλο παράδειγμα; Μια σειρά από άλλες προτεραιότητες, που είχε θέσει ο Αλέξης Τσίπρας παραιτούμενος από τη θέση του προέδρου του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ, είχαν σαν αποτέλεσμα να μην έχει χρόνο για τις ομιλίες που σχεδίαζε να κάνει, σε ευρωπαϊκό επίπεδο.

*** Και τώρα; Τώρα, μπορεί να έχει (κάποιο) χρόνο, όμως, δεν υπάρχουν οι πραγματικά ενδιαφέρουσες προσκλήσεις – εκδηλώσεις. Οπότε δεν έχει παρά να περιμένει κι αυτός, για την κατάλληλη στιγμή και πάλι.

*** Και θα κλείσω, όπως άρχισα: Με μια πληροφορία που φτάνει από το εξωτερικό και πιο συγκεκριμένα, αυτή τη φορά, από την Ουκρανία. Όπως πληροφορείται λοιπόν η Αθήνα, μέσω των «κατάλληλων καναλιών», πράγματι, το Χάρκοβο ετοιμάζεται να περάσει – κι αυτό – δύσκολες στιγμές.

*** Η δεύτερη σε μέγεθος πόλη της Ουκρανίας, δέχεται τις πρώτες βολές του ρωσικού στρατού. Όπερ σημαίνει ότι μπαίνει σιγά – σιγά στο στόχαστρο του. Κι όλοι (εντός κι εκτός ουκρανικών συνόρων) μπορούν να αντιληφθούν τι θα συνεπάγονταν μια πτώση της συγκεκριμένης πόλης…

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