“The only elections we have ahead of us will be held on May 21st. The result of the election will show us what to do next.” This was the Prime Minister’s response. Kyriakou Mitsotakis to a question he received about possible cooperation after the elections, as well as how he would use the investigative mandate.

On the prospects for cooperation with PASOK, Mr. Mitsotakis explained in an interview he gave to ANT1 that “we have a huge disagreement with Mr. Androulakis’ PASOK.” In particular, the Prime Minister expressed his confidence that “today PASOK is closer to SYRIZA than to New Democracy.”

He further touched on the issue of wiretapping, noting that he “took up self-criticism and took on the responsibility that belongs to him.” He acknowledged that “this issue will affect the elections negatively, not positively”, but emphasized that “we have learned from our mistake, and now the EMEA operates with increased guarantees compared to the past.”

Full interview with Kyriakos Mitsotakis:

In response to a question in connection with debate Kyriakos Mitsotakis once again noted that “these elections are simple proportional elections and all parties should participate in the debate.” However, he stressed that “in the next elections, because there is a bonus, and this applies to the first two parties, of course, there should be a debate between me and Mr. Tsipras.“.

“I have no problem answering any question. Since we have 6 political leaders and 6 journalists, it is important to have a base. I would like the context of the discussion to be more relaxed. But this is an opportunity to provide answers to the question of what progressive governance means.” , he then commented.

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Asked about the measures he announced yesterday, Sunday 7/5, he replied that “our program has been evaluated and studied” and announced that “there will be more attention to parts of the program in the coming days. The measure of child allowances for civil servants announced yesterday is already included in the measure of the new tariff scale in the budgetary sphere, and we did this to support families,” the Prime Minister said.

At the same time, he stated that “the government gave 45 billion to the pandemic, supported society, unemployment fell by 6 points, and then supported the electricity bills and gave the market a pass.” “There is a common feature that unites the crises, they were all imported. We ourselves caused the crisis of 2015. Mr. Tsipras cannot say that he excluded us from the memos when he placed us in the 3rd memorandum,” he added, also referring to “the increase in pensions” and “the support that those who did not see the increase from- for personal distinction” also received.

“The country must produce a primary surplus. Every year we return the surplus to the community. The first to reap the benefits in 2023 are retirees and those in vulnerable situations,” he said elsewhere in his interview.

In its placement on bloc in the Kasidiari party Kyriakos Mitsotakis argued that “some people were concerned that the Golden Dawn did not participate in the elections. Mr. Tsipras and SYRIZA express no satisfaction that Golden Dawn is not running in the elections.”

Mitsotakis on Greek-Turkish relations: “We must be prepared to maintain tension”

Regarding the joint exploitation of the Aegean, he stated that “the opposition is talking about Prespa in the Aegean”.

He stressed that the only difference we have with Turkey is the delimitation of maritime zones and that “there is no possibility to discuss another issue, with me as prime minister, this is out of the question.”

He said that The Hague might be the final destination, but it was far away. “I have no illusions. We had 3.5 years of extremely aggressive Turkey. I am not sure that climate mitigation will continue after the elections. That is why the elections in Greece have an important geopolitical dimension,” he continued, saying that he was ready to cooperate with whom whatever the Turkish people choose, noting that “I believe that the euphoria about the blue homeland will remain.”

“We must be prepared for the fact that tensions will continue. I will not take a step back to strengthen the armed forces within the limits of the budget,” he said.

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