“The final judge is not just the European Commission is the markets and viability of our debt”
“I found the debate quite enlightening in the fields that there may be a relative convergence between at least some political forces and at the same time quite revealing in placements that I heard mainly from parties coming from the left -wing spectrum of how they really perceive our defensive priorities and priorities.” Kyriakos Mitsotakis At the beginning of his secondary in Parliament.
Responding to PASOK President Nikos Androulakis, the prime minister said: “In principle in your position I did not hear substantial differences with the plan I presented today in terms of national priorities on defense planning. But allow some introductory observations on the geopolitical landscape in which this discussion is held. It is accurate to say that Europe has been geopolitical naive. I have used this phrase repeatedly both inside and outside the borders, when I found an inability to understand geopolitical associations and one would say European naivety, which was based on a context of assumptions that everyone realized that it was no longer true. In 2017, when then US President Donald Trump, in a particular way in which he was expressed, told Europe a great truth that after the fall of the walls and the collapse of existing socialism, Europe essentially dismissed its responsibilities against the European Defense. As a result, the US provides a security shield in Europe, but without Europe doing what they are appropriate in the context of an alliance, in NATO, which forced European countries to spend at least 2% of their GDP on defense spending. Greece never belonged to this category, because we were always over 2%. So, unfortunately, this reality was revealed throughout the extent, after the overt Russian invasion of Ukraine, and after the re -election of the same US president, who had already warned us that the United States would not be willing to protect Europe. It essentially forced us to look in the mirror in a sharp way, and to reflect on our own, the European I mean, weaknesses. And here it seemed that some of us, who were talking about the need for military autonomy for years, was finally right. Because Europe, and to borrow a phrase by President Macron, cannot in this geopolitical jungle pretend to be a vegetarian animal among many carnivores. “
“The escape clause is a success because it enables greater fiscal flexibility,” he said, according to RES.
“The final judge is not just the European Commission is the markets and viability of our debt. This flexibility can be used sparingly because it can in no way endanger the overall fiscal stability, “the prime minister added.