Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made clear his willingness to run for a third term in the 2027 national elections, putting the work of his government to the citizens’ judgement, in an interview with Sky’s main news programme and Sia Kosioni.
Mitsotakis closed the discussion on the prospect of his assuming European office, while he attacked both the president of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis, and the president of PASOK, Nikos Androulakis, whom he said was out of place and time and discredited the country abroad.
The prime minister set the bar for the European elections for the Southwest at 33% of the previous elections, while noting that the opposition wants to turn the European elections into a referendum against the government.
“We are throwing down the gauntlet,” he said.
The interview began with yesterday’s outrages in Parliament, with the Prime Minister noting the immediate reaction of the Speaker of Parliament.
Referring to the Spartans, he pointed out that SYRIZA did not submit a memorandum exempting the Spartans.
The interview began with yesterday’s outrages in the Parliament, with the Prime Minister noting the immediate reaction of the Speaker of the Parliament. Referring to the Spartans, he pointed out that SYRIZA did not submit a memorandum exempting the Spartans.
– Cruel and revealing incident of violence in the Parliament.
The interview of Kyriakos Mitsotakis:
Asked about the rise of the far-right and whether it is responsible for pushing a “disturbing” agenda for this audience, the prime minister said:
-There have always been people to the right of the New Democracy who have garnered a not inconsiderable percentage. In Europe, it rises mainly because of the immigration issue; in Greece this is not the case.
On the importance attached to the European elections, he said that the next day the South-West will be in government again. They want the European elections to be a referendum against the government, we are throwing down the gauntlet, he said.
– On the faces on the European election list: Few of them are Celebrities, but even they are established in their professional field.
Only the ND could make such a diverse electoral list. People should look carefully at the ballot paper, make a choice not only on the basis of name recognition.
-What is the percentage that will be considered a success: I want the best possible result. The European elections are a national ballot. The yardstick is the previous elections. Mobilising people is more difficult.
– The calls for early elections are already being heard. We are fighting for the best possible result. If the result of the European elections is not good, our life will become a little more difficult, the government will not collapse.
On security issues and arrests for fan violence he said he found it difficult to comment on ongoing judicial investigations.
What I can say, I have no additional information, a completely thorough investigation was conducted in complete confidentiality. Justice will do what it must and the perpetrators, both physical and moral, will be punished.
We have also taken difficult decisions, and the truth is that the situation is nothing like it was last year and the year before.
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Perhaps for the first time we are cautiously optimistic that we will end the cancer of fan violence. When the state wants to enforce legality it can do so. See last year, we were discussing Mykonos.
-About security and Kiriaki’s murder and how he dealt with it: “With great sadness. It was a tragedy, but also an incident of great awakening for the state and for women. There were 1,245 arrests in April alone and 252 panic buttons installed on women’s phones. Every tragedy should be an opportunity to try harder.”
-In fact: If there was a magic formula, some state would have found it. I’m not saying it’s just an imported problem. We have seen some results, we have seen some improvement. Inflation is a very big problem, especially food inflation.
-Because the economy is doing well, wages are rising. We have more disposable income, and we have aid to the most vulnerable.
