The BBC has reported that Liberal Democrat MP Andrew George will urge the British government to reunite the Parthenon Marbles held in the British Museum with those in Greece, via an early day motion. The British MP is also the chairman of the Marbles Reunited organization, which has lobbied for the return of the marbles.
According to the report, Mr. George will ask for the British government to “demonstrate that Britain is prepared to […] reunite these British-held Parthenon sculptures with those now displayed in the purpose-built Acropolis Museum in the shadow of the monument to which they belong, the Parthenon in Athens”.
Meanwhile, the new Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs Aristides Baltas hinted towards a turn in Athens’ negotiation tactics, as revealed in an interview he gave to the Sunday Times, shortly after his recent appointment.
