The situation in the opposition and the South West's goal of self-reliance in the elections was reported on Friday by Thanos Pleuris, who also referred to the increased number of asylum recalles in the first half of 2026.

As he said with a sceptical disposition to Skai, "the derby in the election will be between Tsipras and Androulakis. The same happens in the championships, to clear first place and to have derby for second place".

In this context, it noted: Tsipras says it'll be derby, Androulakis He says he's going to win, Karystian that she's going for self-reliance, we with the polling rates recorded, can't have the ambition to convince more voters to achieve self-reliance? Even today people recognize that the ND has a basic proposal. We should not get into the wrong way to deal with what is going on under us."

Especially for Antonis Samaras he said that "if he decides to make a party it's definitely something that won't go unnoticed in our space, it's not the case of other parties that are more right-wing than the NW. My assessment is that he will not make a party, weigh it and understand the need of the party.".

With regard to immigration, he initially pointed out that "Unfortunately PASOK did not vote for the refund regulation, social democracy felt that the procedures were very strict and violent as centrally from Europe were returned to third countries. AS the new pact with the new regulation does, they break in two those who come illegally: if you have a refugee profile you enter the process as it is today, if not you are held and within 12 weeks you have to consider asylum and return back.".

As he presented "with the new regulation the asylum rate from 72% has gone to 40% because there are nationalities that no longer justify asylum such as Syrians. Other nationalities such as Sudanese and Afghans are considered if you have passed another third safe country. At the same time in the first 5 months of 2026 we have 1255 asylum recalles while in the previous 15 years 800 recalles had been made. Withdrawals are made on two terms: if you have employed the authorities, we are in full cooperation with the police about any arrest of an alien and an assessment is made whether it is a risk to public safety and the second, the reasons may no longer exist."