PM Mitsotakis in Denmark: Greece against Türkiye joining SAFE while casus belli, grey zone claims persist

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, successful effect to a question connected what was discussed during his gathering with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte aft the decision of the European Political Community acme successful Copenhagen, stressed that "as agelong arsenic Türkiye continues to person the casus belli contented connected the table, arsenic agelong arsenic Türkiye challenges the sovereignty of Greek islands done the grey portion theory, Greece volition not hold to Türkiye joining the SAFE programme."

Asked whether the subordinate states of Southern Europe are covered by projects specified arsenic the European drone wall, the Greek premier stressed that the conception of 360-degree information covering the eastbound and confederate borders of Europe is reflected successful European Council decisions. There is simply a consensus, helium said, that Europe's information cannot beryllium constricted to the eastbound border. Any defence program volition see each of Europe's borders, including Greece. He clarified, however, that Greece ensures the defence and extortion of its borders careless of European plans.

Furthermore, Mitsotakis noted that, arsenic the European Union, we are person to promoting the thought of a fiscal instrumentality for associated defence projects. He added that adjacent countries belonging to the radical of alleged "thrifty" countries, specified arsenic Denmark and Finland, are overmuch much unfastened to a caller fiscal instrumentality that tin beryllium utilized for projects of communal European interest, specified arsenic aerial defence oregon defence against drones.

Asked by ANA-MPA astir the connection by European Council President António Costa to revise the enlargement process—specifically, the modulation from unanimity, presently required, to qualified bulk voting—the Greek premier stated that "Greece volition not consent to the lack of unanimity astatine cardinal stages of the accession process.

"Now, for definite stages, specified arsenic the opening of a chapter, a qualified bulk mightiness beryllium considered, and we could beryllium unfastened to discussing that. However, unanimity would stay required for the closure of chapters, arsenic good arsenic for the last determination connected a country’s EU membership. Greece, similar immoderate different subordinate state, cannot and volition not judge losing the quality to artifact the process astatine immoderate constituent if it believes doing truthful could harm either European oregon nationalist interests."

Asked astir precocious prices and the show of the economy, Mitsotakis described arsenic encouraging the information that ostentation successful Greece is importantly little than the European mean and added, "I admit that we person seen the hardest inflation, and this is surely a affirmative development."

The Prime Minister besides said that "the contented of the outgo of surviving is simply a precedence for the government." Referring to vigor prices, helium said helium was pleased that they remained unchangeable for the 2nd month. "I judge that successful the energy market, the interventions we person made are opening to wage disconnected for the payment of the Greek consumer," helium said.

In effect to enquiries regarding the migration issue, helium remarked, "Europe has shifted its stance connected migration. Here successful Greece, we are implementing stricter borderline information measures and placing a beardown accent connected returns. Our nonsubjective is to dismantle the vile networks of traffickers."