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The left is afraid to tell the truth as it is, namely, that the withdrawal from the Memorandum of financial assistance will inevitably lead to exiting the euro zone. These are the words of former SYRIZA leader Alekos Alavanos, who has criticized the current position of the left party as incorrect. Four years ago, he pushed his protégé Alexis Tsipras to take the leadership position in the extreme left and until yesterday, Alavanos supported the young politician. Now, his tone is altering.

In an open letter, Alavanos has published his views on the developments that were taking place on the Greek political scene last week. Things were happening but were not named and others were recognized, but not in full, Alavanos said. He is not persuading that Greece remain in Europe, but that Tsipras tell the Greeks that when withdrawing from the Memoraduma by voting for SYRIZA, they will quit the euro too. "Imagine a society in which we can live with dignity outside the euro zone, not in a romantic and exaggerated manner but in full conscious responsibility for the consequences." The former leader of the extreme left calls on Tsipras to show his cards and to give up his election pro-European mask.

He predicts that the U.S. embassy in Greece will soon leave Athens. He does not specify whether it will be due to the domestic politics or if other factors will tip the scales towards such actions, but the fact is that the country will never be as we know it. In his opinion, Germany is ready to sacrifice Greece in order to keep its influence in Central Europe. He calls the elections a "great disaster," in which the winners are representatives of the extreme. He stresses that in the last elections, people voted to punish the prevailing political system. Their motto was "Let's leave this accursed port," but now after the elections, it is "Where to anchor." Alavanos recognizes that the biggest winners in the last elections were the parties opposing the Memorandum of financial assistance. Those include SYRIZA and the extreme right Golden Dawn, and no one expected their triumph. He stresses that the wind of change that began blowing over Europe with the election of François Hollande in France and the loss of popularity of Angela Merkel in Germany should not be overestimated. The inaccurate assessment of the degree of flexibility of France and Germany in reviewing the measures imposed could be fatal, Alekos Alavanos concludes.