Kyriakos Mitsotakis

'The Mati disaster shook Greek society to its core. Extreme weather events are the direct consequence of climate change. It is not a problem that can be put off for more decades,' the PM told the UN.

It was not clear whether the country’s path would be one of stabilisation and reform or of a return to a vicious circle of postponements, delays, and backpedaling.

The government will push for a decrease of primary surplus targets but not immediately, only once Greece acquires political credibility, Mitsotakis told journalists.

The government with its words and deeds must confirm that it has chosen the path of growth and of freeing up economic forces.

Pyatt in a very upbeat tweet said the Ross-Georgiadis meeting touched 'on plans for government reforms that will attract more US investment' , and he stressed the keen US interest in the Hellenicon project.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Britain’s Observer newspaper on Sunday he would be willing to lend important artefacts to London that 'have never left Greece' in return for putting the marbles on display in Athens in 2021,

'We have a prime minister whose goal is to bring about more investment and growth...we want to provide technical know-how in the agricultural sector,' Rutte said.

It was known in advance that the looming issue of lowering Greece’s primary surplus requirements would not be at the top of the agenda.

'We shall make changes in our economy that concern us… I want o change the framework of Greece-Germany relations,' PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis declared.

The fate of the new government will be judged by the boldness, clarity, and aims of new draft legislation and by its confirmation of the “alternate plan” for which the Greek people opted in the 7 July general election.

It is time after many years to break the climate of division and of the automatic rejection of the initiatives of one’s political opponents.

What former PM Alexis Tsipras and his finance minister Euclid Tsakalotos did not believe would happen may indeed occur.

Anastasiades said that he discussed with Mitsotakis ways to confront Turkish provocations in Cyprus’ EEZ.

The government is pledging to grant greater autonomy to top state functionaries to limit the need for the signatures of countless bureaucrats.

The discussion during the three-day debate focused on the government’s announcements and particularly on those pertaining to the economy.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that his government must send the message that the country is changing for the better in his second address to Parliament before receiving a vote of confidence. Mitsotakis also welcomed the low-key rhetoric of the opposition as a sign of a new, more moderate political culture. “The country is acquiring […]

The government’s programme was approved by all 158 New Democracy MPs in the Parliament that was elected on 7 July.

'I was impressed by the shift from invective and shrieks towards an institutional placidity on the part of New Democracy,' Tsipras declared.

Incoming Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was well prepared. He had picked his ministers and associates from a pool comprised of both politicians and technocrats.

Mitsotakis’ pledge to bolster the DIAS motorcycle patrol and to reconstitute the Delta group in Greek Police (a rapid reaction motorcycle force which was abolished by the SYRIZA government) will be implemented with the hiring of 1,500 new officers.