President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos in an official luncheon hosted by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Gauck in Berlin on Monday stressed the importance of our partners to proceed with the necessary corrections, “especially as regards the sustainability of the public debt and the austerity policy.”

“The Greek people will meet their commitments in order to remain in the large European family,” Pavlopoulos underlined and added: “Then it’s our partners turn to proceed to the necessary corrections. Especially as regards the sustainability of Greece’s public debt and the so far, extremely dubious, austerity policy.”

“Greece cannot even imagine its future without its European perspective, but the EE cannot either exist without Greece being an integral part of it,” Mr. Pavlopoulos stressed.

Referring to the “unprecedented” crisis that the Greek people are facing, he asked Greece’s European partners to take into account the unprecedented crisis that challenges the Greek people and to try to establish some mutual understanding despite some initial mistakes, obsessions and misconceptions.

As for the large number of refugees and undocumented migrants from the Middle East, he said that (Athens) “does its best, with full respect to the importance of human life and free development of each personality to safeguard its borders, which are the EU borders”.

Regarding the problem of the international terrorism, he said “we have to face it, with sheer determination, as a crime against Humanity. That is why the determination to the fight against international terrorism is a matter which concerns the whole civilized humanity and requires the cooperation of all member states.”