Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ visit to Megara was completed, where the first station was the first station Health Center, which It was renovated with resources from the recovery fund.

“In 2022 the last time I visited the Megara, I had committed to having a fully renovated health center. I’m glad we said it and did it[…] It is just one of the 160 renovated health centers, ”the prime minister said, according to ertnews.gr.

Mr. Mitsotakis visited the Health Center and then reached a central square in the area, where he talked to citizens.

In his speech he said, among other things, that we know very well to do the job we have in front of us to cover the lost ground. We have to work hard, he pointed out. I recall, he said, that We must not forget the voices of populism that are always cracked.

Politics proves to be a difficult exercise, Mr Mitsotakis also said, stressing that the government emphasizes the outcome. Elections, as he typically said, will take place in 2027. “I don’t expect the elections to get close to the citizens, I was always with the citizens. In 2027 Greeks will trust the power that can guarantee stability“

In detail the greeting of Kyriakos Mitsotakis at a gathering of citizens in Megara:

President, thank you very much. Have a good day, girlfriends and friends, colleagues in government, in parliament, New Democracy friends and friends,

I am with you today, because I felt the need to come to Megara to honor a commitment I had given you in 2022, the last time I visited you, when I had gone to see the Health Center, which, as you have known, has long been in a problem.

Today I visited it again and I’m glad I can tell you that we said it and we did it. We told you that we will deliver you a modern health center, which I visited today, a project funded with resources of the recovery fund.

Only one of the 160 health centers that are rebuilt throughout the country, proof that for us the support of the National Health System in Primary Care, Secondary Care, but also in preventive examinations, is a top priority.

And I would say that this work, so important to Megara, is the best proof of the way I understand the relationships of trust we need to build with citizens.

I also wanted to be in Megara to tell you once again a very big thank you. The president said, we exceeded 50% in the 2023 elections, here in the Municipality of Megara.

And why did that happen? It was because on the one hand, our citizens rewarded the results of the first four years, for all that we did. But it was done because the citizens trusted that what we told you in 2023 would do it and so we are fighting every day.

And as we are approaching half of our government’s term, it is worth taking a brief overview to what we said in 2023 that we would do and what we have done less than two years since you trusted us.

Remember that when I was talking in 2023, I had proposed – and I fully justified – the issues of the economy, the first priority of our programming. And I had told you then that our concern for the second four years would be first and foremost to continue the policy of increasing wages and supporting citizens’ disposable income.

And indeed, I had told you then that the minimum wage would reach 950 euros. And we are already pleased with the 650 euros that the minimum wage has gone to 880 euros.

And the average salary in the country for our full -time fellow citizens has exceeded 1,400 euros.

But you will tell me, “good, but we also have precision problem.” Of course, but the only way to deal with accuracy, which in recent months, at least in food, seems a bit stabilized, is to have a steady policy of wage increasing, reducing pensions, supporting income and new jobs.

The best social policy, girlfriends and friends is to deal with unemployment. In 2019 unemployment was at 17.5%, now falling below 9%.

Yesterday I found myself in Peristeri, in a very beautiful action by the Public Employment Service. Over 200 companies were there, offering 6,000 jobs to young people who went there, interviewed on the spot and some left this action with a job. These are the policies that have a substantial response to the citizens.

And before I went to Peristeri, I stopped in a coffee. A new girl who was two years ago unemployed was funded by an EPA program of 15,000 euros, opened a very nice little coffee and today she has hired three people, and from where she was unemployed today she became an employer.

This is the best proof of the success of our policy. We know very well that we still have a lot of work in front of us. We know very well that in order to cover the lost ground with Europe, to correct the bad texts of a deep crisis that has injured us, we must work hard.

And I say this because we are in May 2025, and we must not forget that at such a time, remember, ten years ago, it is not so far away, ten years ago the tragic negotiation that the government had made, with our closed banks, with the referendum, was so far ago.

I say this, why? Because we must not forget that the voices of populism are always cracked. It is very easy you know in politics to promise that you will solve everything. In a magical way you will increase wages, pensions, correct all bad texts.

In practice, however, politics proves to be a very difficult exercise. And if we have shown something, it is that we emphasize the result and that we are interested in being consistent with what we have told you.

That we know how to manage crises, that we can deservedly represent the country abroad, that we can strengthen the armed forces of our country in a meaningful and effective way, not in words. Not in words, with works.

You may have seen – I found it very moving – that the first state -of -the -art frigate Belharra, “Kimonas”, started and is doing the first offshore tests. I was watching the photos as I was coming and it was indeed a time of excitement for me, because I remember, in 2021-2022, when we made bold decisions then to reinforce the armed forces, we made these decisions, watch out, long before Europe decides to deal with it.

Today everyone is talking about the need for a common European defense. We, however, having our own particular sensitivities, have dealt with and invested in our defense long before many Europeans, so that those who are now ordering others, we already receive, because we were ahead of our time in this issue, and because we were able to persuade Europe.

The same is true in the health sector, which I talked to you before. Because for me health is a very big personal bet. I had proposed it, remember, ’23 as the first government priority. The upgrading of 160 Health Centers, more than 80 sections of emergency in our hospitals.

I found myself a few days ago – I am talking to you with specific examples, because I think you understand them better – a few days ago in “Evangelism”, where we are testing an innovative patient monitoring system once it enters a emergency department. We call it “bracelet” – the term is not good, the “bracelet” refers to others – but it is a nouns sticker that your jar