President Pavlopoulos: Europe must now prove that it has policy on the refugee issue

Greece has proved that it deserves its place in Europe , he said

President of Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos met on Wednesday with caretaker Interior Minister Yiannis Mouzoulas at the presidential mansion underlying that “It is time for Europe to prove that it has a policy on the war refugee issue,”.

Referring to Greece’s role, the president congratulated Mr. Mouzalas and the other ministers who participated in the EU councils on migration crisis, since as he said, through their views and attitudes, they highlighted that “Greece has proved that it deserves its place in Europe and it’s time for other countries to prove if they really want to be in Europe but according to the principles and the values of Europe.”

On his part, Mouzalas noted that “despite the fact that president Juncker’s position have not yet been passed in Europe, we achieved a substantial success, we reversed the climate.

“It is Europe’s turn to respond with solidarity,” he added.