Mitsotakis to Turkey: Any crisis can become a disorderly retreat

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The Greek skies are being shielded at a time when our neighbors are gasping for the possibility of maybe getting their own F-16s, said the Prime Minister from Tanagra during the ceremony of receiving the fifth upgraded F-16 Viper: Our country is strong and safe, he said

Clear message in Turkey the prime minister sent from Tanagra Kyriakos Mitsotakis, during the acceptance ceremony of the 5th F-16 Viper. Responding to Erdoğan’s “juries”, the prime minister emphasized that those who boast that they can come suddenly one night may wake up and land on the harsh reality. “The more they raise their voices, the more they lower their credibility, and every yurusi can become a disorderly retreat in front of the triangle of international law, our powerful Armed Forces and international alliances”

“With the receipt of the 5th F-16 Viper and the 24 new Rafales that we will have received entirely within the next year but also with a squadron of f-35s as Greece has officially expressed its interest in the 5th generation craft the Greek skies are shielded at a time when our neighbors, instead of co-producers, have been excluded altogether from the 5th generation fighter program and are gasping for the possibility of, perhaps, one day acquiring their own F-16s”, said the Prime Minister and continued referring to the ODA: It is a complete change of image that is reflected here as well, with EAB looking to its future with confidence, as Konstantinos Karamanlis also wanted. And it’s not just ODA’s latest progress that’s giving cause for optimism.

Mr. Mitsotakis also said:

I will say it again that our country does not open a dialogue with the irrational, but always remains open to legality, logic, good neighborly relations, the need to resolve our differences based on international law. And this road is also guarded by our defense program.

The state-of-the-art fighters of our Air Force, the new frigates already being built, the launching of programs for new corvettes, the Romeo helicopters, the modernization of the missile systems of the Army.

Suffice it to say that for the next 4 years we plan to spend 2.5-3.5 billion per year to support the Armed Forces. Important investment from the laggard of the people, but necessary to protect our territorial integrity, a country located in a geopolitically difficult area of ​​our planet.

And on the other hand, in defiance of some, the country is revitalizing its defense industry. Don’t forget the shipyards too… we received Elefsina Skaramanga in a miserable condition – today they were revived…

Speech in Avlonas

Earlier, Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke to residents of Avlona who had gathered to welcome him on his way to the event at the facilities of the Hellenic Aviation Industry (EAB) in Tanagra, Boeotia.

“Mr. Regional Governor, Mr. Mayor, today I wanted to meet you here in Avlonas to shake your hand, to wish you a happy new year, as I am on my way to an important event, which will take place in a short time from now at EAB.

We will receive the fifth upgraded F-16 Viper, out of a total of 83 we plan to upgrade through 2026.

I want to remind you that here in the skies above Attica and based on Tanagra already flying 10 state-of-the-art Rafale jets which our Air Force acquired, as we put into practice our commitment to our homeland being strong, safe.

A Greece with self-confidence, which will be able to look to the future with optimism”, said the Prime Minister.

“This government has stood by every Greek citizen”

“Despite the great difficulties we are going through, difficulties which are all imported, difficulties which start with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with very high energy prices, you all know that this government has stood by every Greek citizen. We practically neutralized increases in electricity bills. You all know that when you get the bill at home, you see what you would have paid if there was no government subsidy and what you are paying now, essentially prices not far off from what we were paying two years ago.

You know our interventions to hold prices on the shelf. From next month, 8 out of 10 Greek households will have access to Market Pass: 10% discount on all purchases you make in supermarkets.

From the end of this month, in a few days from now, for the first time, pensioners will see significant increases in their pensions”, emphasized Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

“Work from Mr. Tsipras to the pensioners when he says he will correct the injustices of the Katrougalou law that he voted for”

“I saw Mr. Tsipras touring Aegaleo yesterday and telling a few old pensioners who had gathered to listen to him, what? That he will correct, he says, the injustices of the Katrougalou law that he voted for. How much more work? How much more work, for those who know what four years have passed, four years since the SYRIZA government, as all Greek citizens know.

And they know and compare today. And they know what Greece went through from 2015 to 2019 and they know that this faction, the New Democracy faction, is the faction that implemented its commitments to return to the middle class what SYRIZA took from you. And we did it.

So, friends, as we are getting closer to the 2023 elections, I want to ask you and our party officials to make this great effort together: Don’t let the sacrifices and efforts of the Greek people go to waste. Let’s continue our fight to make Greece stronger, more prosperous, Greeks more optimistic”, said Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

“ND does not need to give credentials of social progressivism and popular characteristics. We are the great popular party of our country”

“Democracy is a great celebration. The responsibility for the governance of the place is in the hands of all of you. We do our work and then respectfully submit our work and our program to the judgment of the Greek people. This is the beauty of Democracy.

And I have no doubt that the majority of Greeks will also recognize our great efforts in difficult circumstances, they will recognize the fact that we made mistakes but with courage we recognized them and are looking to correct them. Because only he who does nothing is infallible. But above all, he will credit us with the consistency of words and works, and the citizens will now know that what we will tell you about the second four-year period – and we have a lot to tell you as we get closer to the elections – we will implement them just as we implemented what we told you we said 2019. we said it, we did it.

We have done a lot and we will do a lot more. Because we have a vision and a plan for a Greece that will be really strong, for a Greece with fewer inequalities, for a state that will always stand close to the citizens who are being tested. And I say this because this faction, New Democracy, does not need to provide credentials of social progressivism and popular characteristics.

We are the great popular faction of our country and this means that we always stand close to all Greek women and all Greeks, regardless of what they have voted for,” the Prime Minister pointed out.

Where are all those hiding who made the story of “little Maria” a “flag” and dragged the country abroad?

“We will continue until the last day, until the Parliament is dissolved, to produce essential and important government work and then we will all fight together.

First and foremost, in the first ballot box to disable the “mine” of simple analog. Because the municipal rulers who are with us, know how much simple proportionality undermined the governability of the Municipalities.

Imagine having to enter party bargains with government partners for every decision we make, delaying. Think what would happen if we had to, for example, on that Shrove Monday weekend in 2020 come to an agreement with various others to guard our borders on the Evros.

And since I talked about Evros. Where are now all those who flagged the story of “little Mary” and swept the country abroad? Where are they hiding? Did they suffer from aphasia? Why don’t they have the courage to come out now, even now and say: “I’m sorry, we were wrong, we also fell into the trap of disinformation set up by Turkey, that supposedly Greece is killing immigrants at the border and there are dead children who they are buried somewhere, on some island in Evros”.

They don’t do it, friends, they don’t do it because they know very well that their politics are different. Just think about what would happen in March 2020 if we had another government. You don’t have to imagine it too much, they themselves tell you that we don’t want the fence because it violates international legality,” Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized.

The question of the election is: which faction and which Prime Minister should hold the helm of the country in the critical times ahead?

“We need to understand what is at stake in the elections and what are the big stakes, which are not just about the economic well-being of the country, if we are going to continue on this path that we have set, with lower taxes, lower contributions, more jobs, they also have to do with critical national security issues.

The question, then, is simple: which faction and which Prime Minister should hold the helm of the country in the critical times ahead? This is the question that Greek citizens must answer.

I want to thank you again for being here today. To ask everyone for a great contribution to the fight. Elections are a celebration and I am sure that on the night of the elections we will celebrate in this great celebration. There will be a winner and that will be the New Democracy”, said Kyriakos Mitsotakis, concluding his greeting.

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