Prime Minister and President of New Democracy Kyriakos Mitsotakis He will attend Tuesday and tomorrow Wednesday at the European People’s Party Congress in Valencia, Spain. The conference will be elected the leadership of the European center -right for the next three years, at a critical juncture for the European Union in the new geopolitical and economic environment.
Reportedly At the center of the conference is expected to find European challenges, Such as collective security and defense, competitiveness and protection of democratic institutions, while the EU aspires, after the presentation of the Rearm program, to implement its strategy to strengthen European deterrent potential and the European defense industry. Greece has starred in consultations for the preparation of the EU planespecially in the proposal for fiscal flexibility.
Also on the sidelines of work, the Kyriakos Mitsotakis He will have meetings, among other things, with the elected German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz, Finnish Prime Minister Petera Orpo and Swedish Prime Minister Ulphris Christrson, while ND and ND Vice President Kostis Hadjidakis, Vice -President of the Government and ND.
According to government officials, The Prime Minister’s European and Reform agenda, Political stability in Greece, unlike other European countries, coupled with the candidacy of Kostis Hatzidakis, reflects the strong position of ND in EPP, and therefore Greece’s upgraded role in shaping European decisions, especially in a challenge environment, where policies are being influenced by the EU.
It is recalled that Friedrich Mertz, who has met in Berlin with the prime minister, is a proponent of a more romantic policy in the field of equipment for the defense of Europe. The leaders of Finland and Sweden had participated with Kyriakos Mitsotakis At the North-South Summit, last December, where objectives and policies were discussed with the needs and funding of European defense, given Trump’s expressed willingness to reduce the US military footprint in the Old Epirus and to increase its targets.