“We came out of the pandemic and hoped that the great development would continue. Nobody expected a war in Europe. It is clear that there will be major complications in the world economy”, stressed the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis in a panel at the Delphi Forum in which Mathias Cormann, Secretary General of the OECD participated..

“We can not afford high energy prices for long,” he said, calling on Europe to take coordinated action.

European measures are needed for energy, he noted, calling for the forces of populism not to win.

“If this does not happen, we as states will spend resources to keep prices down”, he said, noting that if we do not act, we will leave room for the forces of populism.

“If no decision is taken by the EU, then we will act alone at national level”, he stressed.

“We must not lose the support of our people for financial reasons,” he said.

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