In the established weekly account of government work the prime minister came back Kyriakos Mitsotakisstarting with diplomatic mobility with the aim of achieving a fair and sustainable peace in Ukraine. “It is encouraging that these days the next steps of a course are being carved that we all wish to lead to peace. So I am given the opportunity to talk about Greece’s stance on war. An attitude dictated by our national interest, our geopolitical position and the challenges that arise from it. We do what our position dictates at the core of the European Union and our great geopolitical choices. We won this position with trouble. Our homeland paid very expensive to European isolation during the years of the economic crisis. We will never allow Greece to be on the sidelines again. We supported Ukraine from the first moment. We supported the defender against the attacker in an overt invasion and blatant violation of a country’s sovereignty, “the prime minister said.
“We are with Europe. We are with the West. We are with international legality. We cannot accept the change of borders by violence as a usual practice, ”he says.
Mr. Mitsotakis also states: “Those who accuse us of supporting Ukraine, as the whole West did, except for a few admirers of revisionism, are the ones who ask us to forget the trauma of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Would they ask us to legally accept the perpetrators of the illegal Turkish invasion? To legalize illegal claims and challenges of our sovereign rights? Kiev is not far away. And yet, not far enough from what happens in our region. “
In addition, the prime minister, making a first report on the fires that tried our country, says: “Firefighters show that on a daily basis it manages 40 fires a day, while last week that number had exceeded 70 per day. The overwhelming majority of them were under control within a few hours. The dispersion in Greece was large, and there were cases, most characteristic of Achaia, where they occurred simultaneously-or one after another-4-5 different fronts in the wider area, resulting in the firefighting forces, as well as the volunteers. I find it irresponsible and dangerous for the reasons of party confrontation to question the salvation – as it has been proven – a system of warning and evacuation, in 112. Human life is the supreme good. This does not mean that we will not support those affected. “
He also notes that this year more than 18,000 firefighters are attempting, the third highest number proportional to residents, among the countries of the European Union. “The Fire Brigade Fleet has more than 3,680 vehicles, from 3,410 in 2022, and the air means are 82, from 61 in 2019. Over 600 million euros have been allocated for the first time for prevention, firefighting and cleaning projects in critical forests of our Patriarchate, 700,000. Plots, 82 drones supervise for forest fires. In addition, an end to impunity for arsonists who are indifferent to the destruction and chaos of their actions. Already in 2025 more than 300 arrests have been made for arson, ”the prime minister notes.
Finally, the prime minister and, referring to health, education and immigration, emphasizes that according to the Ministry of Finance, the primary surplus for January-July is higher than the government’s target of 1.2 billion euros. “It is our principle that surpluses are returned to the citizens, every available fiscal space will be used for the benefit of society,” he notes.