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Under the headline “How Prime Minister Mitsotakis leads Greece in the midst of crises”, the German newspaper Handelsblatt presents a response in which it describes, on the one hand, the different fronts that Kyriakos Mitsotakis faces at the moment, with the pandemic of coronavirus, the tension with Turkey, the refugee, which was added to the earthquake in the northeast Aegean Sea and, on the other hand, the support that it still enjoys from the citizens.
Stay in crisis mode
“Thanks to timely and strict restrictions on contacts and an impressively disciplined majority of the majority, Greece quickly managed to control events in the spring. That is why Mitsotakis gained a lot of recognition,” the author characteristically writes, noting, however, that the number of cases is now skyrocketing.
“Over the weekend, Mitsotakis hit the emergency brake.”
The prime minister announced a package of new measures, stressing that the government wants to prevent the worst and expressing the hope that “we can go to Christmas with more confidence.”
The Greek prime minister “remains in crisis mode,” continues the columnist, listing the details of his program in recent days, with a visit to Samos and the announcement of new measures to deal with the pandemic.
Four to five hours a day
“It just came to our knowledge then. He deals with the coronavirus at least four to five hours a day,” says a close associate of Mr. Mitsotakis, according to the newspaper, noting that among the most important collaborators are the infectious disease specialist Sotiris Tsiodras and Deputy Minister of Civil Protection Nikos Hardalias, with whom the Prime Minister meets daily.
A five-member team is working at the Maximos Palace, with the participation of young Greek IT specialists, who Kyriakos Mitsotakis brought from abroad, the author adds.
According to the article, the Prime Minister wants to avoid a generalized shutdown, so as not to put more pressure on the affected economy, however the measures are not popular and this, according to the columnist, is related to the growing crisis with Turkey, which causes irritation in the world.
Exhausted
“The Greeks, who have suffered the longest and deepest recession in postwar history in the last decade, are exhausted,” he writes.
“But apparently the majority trust Mitsotakis more to lead the troubled country in these difficult times,” the report concludes, citing the findings of the latest poll, which places New Democracy 18 percentage points ahead of SYRIZA. , which, as noted, is twice the result of the 2019 elections.
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