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The transition of the prime minister will take place through Corsica next Friday Kyriakou Mitsotaki in Thessaloniki, which from Thursday will be on the French Mediterranean island at the invitation of the president Emanuel Macron.
The French leader who, as everything shows, aspires to play a leading role to become European, a fact that has made him the warmest ally of Greece and its harshest critic. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, called a Euro-Mediterranean conference in which it is certain that Ankara’s provocative actions in the eastern Mediterranean will be brought to the table.
Mitsotakis will have a private meeting with President Macron during which, according to government sources, they will discuss the broader framework of Greek-French cooperation. The conversation between the two leaders is considered highly likely to end the agreement on the sale of French arms (Rafale planes and more). In recent days, after all, there has been a fever of consultations between Athens and Paris.
Without falling into the trap of the unbridled rhetorical provocations with which the Turkish leadership accompanies the long stay of the research vessel “Oruc Reis” in waters over which Greece has sovereign rights, the Greek government insists on acting calmly. low tones.
With close monitoring of the illegal Turkish actions of the Greek fleet, Athens emphasizes its diplomatic movements, seeking to form alliances and persuade friends, allies, but also international opinion about its own law and extreme criminal behavior. of Turkey that poses a threat to peace.
The prime minister’s advisers claim that “Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the government have consciously chosen not to respond to the ongoing Turkish provocations and inflammatory rhetoric” from Ankara, adding that the strategy of tension exposes Turkey to the international community. The Greek government does not deny the resumption of dialogue procedures between the two countries. But it makes clear in all directions that the dialogue cannot begin until the fleets return to ports.
“The challenges stop, the discussions begin”, was, after all, the clear message sent last Friday by Kyriakos Mitsotakis. to both Ankara and the Secretary General of NATO Jens stoltenberg, who a day earlier had shown an inexplicable interest in describing the proposal for technical talks from the NATO Secretariat at the level of military observers as a “beginning of dialogue”, for which comments are expected within a week. Athens considers that “Mr. Stoltenberg, voluntarily or unwillingly, satisfied Ankara’s demand for unconditional dialogue”, something that Athens flatly rejects.
“These discussions at the technical level do not in any way constitute an agreement for the talks between Greece and Turkey,” underline Greek diplomatic sources. It is noted that Greece is not going to enter into dialogue under the threat regime, nor by creating achievements, as Ankara is trying to do. That is why it is stepping up its diplomatic counterattack in the run-up to the European Council of September 24-25, which is being convened on the issue of Euro-Turkish relations, and it is now clear that the debate on sectoral sanctions against Ankara will be a one-way road if Erdogan doesn’t back down. .
In this context, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias traveled to New York on Friday to deliver a letter from the Greek Prime Minister to the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, presenting and documenting Ankara’s illegal activity and the threats it poses to the region. of the Eastern Mediterranean.
State under control
Despite the great adversity they face, the government and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis maintain the initiative of the movements both internally, with the battle they wage to limit the spread of the pandemic and the consequent serious economic consequences. , as in internationally, opposing the prolonged Turkish provocation and blame game to which Ankara indulges.
The “hot”, as predicted, September 2020 began with the three great crises (health, economic and Greek-Turkish) in a phase of exacerbation. However, the prevailing sentiment in the Palacio de los Máximo and which is trying to spread to society is that government personnel “control the situation and, as far as possible determined by the great uncertainties and the many unbalanced factors , influences developments, pushing things in a positive direction. “
These assessments made by senior government officials are also based on public opinion polls, which have begun to be carried out timidly after the return of the majority of citizens from the -strict- summer holidays this year. The main conclusion of the findings of the first autumn polls is, according to the information, that “the political scene does not change substantially, since it was formed during the 14 months that have passed since the July 2019 elections.”
The ruling party, according to sources familiar with the measurements, shows very little decline compared to the broader lead in polls it got last spring. They maintain that it is an expected deterioration that “is due to the insecurity felt by a large part of the citizens who are justifiably concerned about their health and income.”
The positive footprint that government policy leaves on public opinion seems to be influenced by three factors:
First: Maintain the curve that measures the spread of the coronavirus pandemic at much better levels than those observed in most countries in the world, since both cases and victims are around 1/5 of the world average.
Secondly: The confirmation so far of the favorable scenarios for the inevitable outbreak of the recession in which the Greek economy has entered, together with the message that there are still reserves to overcome new difficulties.
In third place: The strengthened morale of the Greeks but also the increased diplomatic capital that Greece gains from the cold and at the same time decisive attitude of the government towards the asymmetric challenges of Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
On the other hand, it is interesting that “the damage of the government is anything but leading to the strengthening of the official opposition or any other opposition force.” SYRIZA’s performance is still at lower levels than in the last elections, while in the crash test of the two terms, the current rulers outperform their predecessors who exercised power in the 2015-2019 period by state and do not seem to have went well. impressions on citizens so that … nostalgic and want his return to government.
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In the midst of the double reality, which consists on the one hand the multiple uncertainties of the difficult autumn situation and, on the other hand, the confidence of the citizens in his government, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be in Thessaloniki next weekend to announce the economic policy . of the next period.
Despite the cancellation of the International Fair, the prime minister decided to honor the long tradition of visiting Thessaloniki at the beginning of each September, but following a program adapted to the era of the coronavirus. According to “THEMA”, for reasons of symbolism but also of substance, clear instructions have been given from the Palacio de los Máximo to avoid the … parade of state officials and the movement of all ministers and deputies, as was customary during many decades.
In addition, the prime minister’s speech is scheduled to be delivered on Saturday night in Vellideio with the presence of only 50 people, as required by health protocols for all meetings. Only the ministers directly related to the economy and development will be in the audience, while the rest of the guests will be representatives of the productive bodies and civil society.
In a speech, which will be shorter than usual, Mr. Mitsotakis aims to avoid the visual speech trampling that is common in this step. Its intention is, according to its associates, “to respond to the concerns of the public about the effects of the pandemic, announcing concrete measures to alleviate workers and companies.”
In describing the annual financial planning, Mr. Mitsotakis intends to focus primarily on dealing with the consequences of the recession and the rapid return to recovery, with the “ammunition” that the government has kept “in reserve”, in in view of the difficult winter that is approaching, but also with the contribution of 72,000 million euros of community funds that are expected to flow to the country from spring 2021.
Furthermore, the prime minister will announce decisions to strengthen the country’s defense capacity, which, as “THEMA” wrote last Sunday, were taken after Ankara’s recent provocative actions in the eastern Mediterranean. In this context, on Friday a meeting was held in Maximou with the Minister of National Defense Nikos Panagiotopoulos and the heads of the Armed Forces to draw up the list of weapons programs to be implemented.
In addition, with existing sanitary restrictions, the established press conference that the Prime Minister will give in Thessaloniki will take place at noon on Sunday, September 13. There will be a limited number (approximately 30) of media representatives in the room, as the limit of a total of 50 attendees in the same space will be respected. To avoid protests, the rest of the accredited journalists (last year there were a total of 150) are scheduled to cover the interview and ask questions electronically.
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