At the Avra Hotel in Kolymbari, the Council of Europe’s Political Committee meets Monday and tomorrow Tuesday, focusing on the atrocity in Gaza and the War in Ukraine.
More than 70 MPs from 28 European countries and among them all the Greek and Cypriot delegation to the Council of Europe are present at the work of the meeting.
The meeting began with greetings by the Speaker of Parliament, Nikita Kaklamanis, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, the Chairman of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Theodoros Roussopoulos and the participation of members is one of the largest.
In the importance of today’s meeting in Chania, “While we are raging wars around us, human rights are blatantly trampled on when children are not protected, when threatened with starvation, starvation, bombing, ” The President of the Greek delegation, Dora Bakoyannis, was mentioned while as tomorrow’s rapporteur on the crisis in the Middle East, he noted That “the aim is for the Council of Europe to call for war, the bombings and above all the lack of humanitarian aid to stop immediately: to have a serious intervention by the Council of Europe, to protect civilians and to see what is possible for this to be done today, so that this is possible to do so today so that this is possible to do so today so that this is possible for this war to».
In a journalist that despite the international outcry, Israel continues its business, Ms Bakoyannis noted that: “The Council of Europe has no army. But we have the moral prestige – which is extremely great – to try to convince, that a smart people like Israel also realize that at the moment the policy that is pursuing is a policy that is in danger of creating a second generation of Hamas terrorists. You know me well. You know the battle I have fought against international terrorism. I am fully aware of what Hamas means but there are limits. Limits that cannot be overcome. And in this case, I have the feeling that they are overcome».
Former Prime Minister George Papandreou noted that Chania should have no economic and economic inequality and huge concentration of wealth at the world, The enormous financial inequality that exists. There is no democracy without equality. This enormous economic inequality and the enormous concentration of wealth at international level but also here in Greece has an impact on democracy, because this wealth becomes a political force that corrupts institutions, acquiring the media, sports, culture. We see this everywhere.
Specifically for our country, he spoke of a “general undermining of the rule of law by an oligarchy and a perception of centralization by the current government. And this is something we will find in front of us. ”Referring to the energy and erupting of energy costs. “The lack of rule of law, too, is about our pocket, we must understand that these two are not irrelevant.”