The cutting of the New Year’s cake of the New Democracy took place at the headquarters of the party, in the presence of the Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Director of the Office of the Prime Minister, Yiannis Bratakos, the Secretary of the Political Committee Maria Syringela, the General Director of the party Yiannis Smyrlis, the Secretary of Organization and the Deputy Secretary of the PE Stelios Kontadakis, the Deputy Secretary of the Political Committee Christoforos Boutsikakis, the members of the Intersecretariat and the Intersectoral Committee and the workers of the party.

Addressing the workers of New Democracy, Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Director of the Prime Minister’s Office, Yiannis Bratakos, noted: “I am happy to be among you and I want to thank you for the really great work you did in the national elections of 2023, which , I dare say, were more important than the 2019 elections. And luckily you had the strength, enthusiasm and passion to work for the Party, so that we win them, Kyriakos Mitsotakis becomes Prime Minister again and that in this four-year period he can makes the necessary reforms so that our children, the children of all Greeks, have a better future.

In the coming European elections, we have to do our best again. And once again, he wants work from everyone, from our executives, secretaries and parliamentarians, in order to get good results in the European elections as well.

I don’t want to talk politics anymore. I just want you to know – because we have known each other for years – that I feel you are my family and that I feel the party is my real home, the home of all of us. Since I was a small child, New Democracy was my family’s first priority and it became my first priority as I grew up in our Party.

I close with the wish that you, your children, your families have all the best. Have health, have luck and everything else will follow.

Happy birthday, let’s have a wonderful year.”

The Secretary of the Political Committee, Maria Syregela, wished a happy new year with health to the executives and workers of the party and emphasized that: “2023 had many difficulties, but also many conquests. In 2024, we continue the country’s reform course, with our compass, as the Prime Minister and President of the New Republic Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said, always the verb “try” and the goal of making the everyday life of our fellow citizens better.

The new year also has a high symbolism, as this year marks 50 years since the restoration of the Republic, but also since the founding of the New Republic by Konstantinos Karamanlis.

I hope it’s a great year for everyone. Happy Birthday!”.

The Director General of New Democracy Yiannis Smyrlis, welcoming the executives and workers of the party, wished 2024 to be a good year with health and progress, pointing out: “In 2023 the sovereignty of Kyriakos Mitsotakis and New Democracy was confirmed and it was the year of the vindication of the struggles that took place in the last four years and that brought Greece from the brink of destruction, to be today a model country worldwide.

Now we have to go to the European elections on June 9 and set a goal there as well: to be first and to confirm that New Democracy is the largest center-right party in Europe that is always on the right side of history.

And this is rewarded by our fellow citizens who trust our party, our Prime Minister and our candidates.

I wish everyone a happy new year with good health and good matches. Don’t forget that the heart of the Faction remains here and we are starting to fight the European elections in a few months.”

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