Yesterday’s meeting of the Prime Minister took place “in a positive atmosphere and in good spirits.” Kyriakou Mitsotakis with representatives of artists on the subject of art education, such as they said “K” both artistic directors of the National Theater John Moschos as well as Artistic Director of the State Theater of Northern Greece Asteris Peltekis after the end of the two-hour meeting. The two directors expressed their optimism to us about the developments, and Mr. Moschos, in particular, said that “the important initiative of Maximos seems to be able to lead to an agreement between the unions of artists and the government.”

At the beginning of the debate, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to the mistakes made by other governments in the past, misunderstandings and chronic pathologies, and confirmed that he intended to amend Article 16 at the next revision of the constitution.

New setting

The art world issue will clear up on Friday, the day the state promised to unveil a new regulation that Interior Ministry sources say will address the worries about actors’ salaries. from suspending the equating of their degrees with universities in 2003, so that they are paid in proportion to the level of technological education for performing artistic, pedagogical and related work in the state. Until then, according to Mr. Moskhos, “it is reasonable that the occupation of the students of the National Theater School will continue. However, it looks like a solution will be found.”

“To bring together opinions on many issues,” Mr. Peltekis also said on the occasion of the meeting, “which shows that the voice of artists is heard and taken into account.” He highlighted the topic of maximizing arts education and the government’s commitment to establishing a Higher School of Performing Arts. To this end, as is already known, interdepartmental working groups have been created, which by the end of March will present a specific framework for the nature of the school and its mode of operation from 2025. School of Performing Arts, she will evaluate the possibility of admission with examinations of graduates of other related schools, private and public, according to “K”.

An agreement was also voiced on the presence of horizontal academic permeability, i.e. about the possibility of admission of graduates of theater and related schools – especially conservatories left without a certificate – with the passing of qualifying exams in the third semester of university departments.

For his part, the president of POTHA Kostas Kehadzhioglu reported this to K. that they have resubmitted their requests “regarding the diplomas of theater, music, dance and cinema” and expect to study the content of the decision. In the meantime, they continue their mobilizations according to the program they have announced. On Friday, they will submit a request to the State Council to cancel the DP. 85/2022, and on the same day they went on a 24-hour strike.

“It was a historic meeting. says “K” FEZ general secretary Aris Laskos“but the size and duration of the mobilizations were also historic. The Prime Minister committed to a legislative decision that will fully cover our demands, and we are waiting for the text. We have to be a little careful, but we must say that the big plus of the meeting was the change in the government’s position in regarding the misunderstanding and recognition of the significant problem we are facing,” he concluded.