In the established informing the political editors the government representative said at noon on Thursday, Pavlos Marinakis, who, in his introductory speech, referred both to the support of the Greek family with the maternity allowance, and to the importance of tourism for our country.

“Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to Cypriot, emphasizing that, 50 years after the tragedy of 1974, Cyprus, a member state of the EU, cannot remain divided and reiterated the need to restart the talks for the solution of the Cyprus issue. At the same time, he referred to the issue of observing the Prespa Agreement , stressing that its full implementation is essential for the NATO Alliance and the Western Balkans. He warned that its violation or selective observance not only undermines the credibility of all efforts to settle the outstanding issues in the Western Balkans, but also endangers security in the wider region”, underlined Mr. Marinakis.

As for her subject North Macedonia, reiterated that the European perspective of the neighboring country remains closed, as long as it does not comply with the commitments it has undertaken with the Prespa Agreement. Pacta sunt servanda – Agreements must be kept. We should all remember this.”

Afterwards, the government representative informed that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will attend on Saturday, July 20, the Cyprus for the “black” anniversary of the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of the island, with the official announcements to be made in the immediate following period.

“It was time for Mr. Kasselakis to bring out the Varoufakis that is hiding inside him – Attica Bank was once Syriza Bank”

At the same time, Pavlos Marinakis described as a “cheap opposition tactic” the opposition official’s announcement through Evangelos Apostolakis about “gaps” in the country’s defense capabilities, clarifying that there are no gaps in Greece’s defense policy. “The Prime Minister was not referring to Greece with his statement, but to Europe as a whole, precisely because he has spoken for a long time about the need for a new common defense policy, together with the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.”

Asked about the upcoming agreement with the Attica Bank, directed his “arrows” against SYRIZA and personally at Stefanos Kasselakis, for whom he characteristically stated that “it was finally time for the Varoufakis who hides inside him to come out”, given that Koumoundourou has issued a series of announcements for an agreement “that it hasn’t been implemented and it hasn’t even been published.” He even added that Attica Bank was once “Syriza Bank”, with several hundreds of millions of euros in debt due to SYRIZA, which “the last time it dealt with banks was when it closed them in 2015”.