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Greek PM: Industry a strategic priority, aiming for a new growth leap
Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos unveiled seven priorities for industry, including 3.7 billion euros in investment support, 700 million euros to cut energy costs and a bid for 15 billion euros from the EU's Competitiveness Fund
Greece–Cyprus power interconnection agreement signed: Mitsotakis says Meridiam’s investment is a strong vote of confidence in Greece
The French infrastructure giant acquires a majority stake in Great Sea Interconnector, strengthening the project's financial backing and accelerating the strategic electricity link between Greece and Cyprus
France strengthens Greece–Cyprus power link as Meridiam acquires majority stake
The agreement for Meridiam to acquire a majority stake in the Great Sea Interconnector will be signed in the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. A separate tripartite agreement with Nexans for seabed surveys will also be signed
Measures for Western Attica’s fire victims: Fast-tracked compensation and special measures for businesses
With the Greek parliament due to reconvene after recess, it has been decided that a bill will be tabled to speed up and digitise the procedures used by fire-affected individuals and businesses to file damage declarations and claim compensation
Three reasons why Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is eyeing a May election
The measures unveiled at September's Thessaloniki Fair will not reach people's pockets until January; the election will test the staying power of Tsipras, Samaras and Karystianou; and Mitsotakis is playing the institutional card of Greece's EU presidency
Thanos Plevris submits Mitsotakis’ proposal for an EU asylum suspension mechanism to the EU Council
The Prime Minister, in an article published by Politico, called for the creation of a European mechanism allowing the temporary suspension of asylum procedures and immediate returns, in accordance with EU law, in exceptional cases where mass migration flows are being weaponised, such as the recent events in Ceuta
Konstantinos Floros: “The doctrine still stands today: anyone who sets foot on Greek soil will first be burned & only then will we ask who they are”
General Floros on everything: “Greece won the battle of perceptions during the 2020 naval collision incident and the hybrid attack at Evros. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is the kind of leader you want to have in times of crisis”
Mitsotakis in Politico: EU needs new measures to tackle the weaponization of migration
Hours before the EU emergency videoconference on Ceuta, he speaks of “the instrumentalization of asylum aimed at creating hybrid pressure” & proposes that, in exceptional cases, member states should “temporarily suspend the submission of asylum applications by newly arrived individuals”
