In the diplomatic mobility aimed at peace in Ukrainethe prime minister reported Kyriakos Mitsotakisreturning to his weekly review after a week of summer “break”.

“We do what our position dictates at the core of the European Union and our great geopolitical choices. We won this position with trouble. Our homeland paid very expensive to European isolation during the years of the financial crisis“, As he underlined. “We will never allow Greece to be on the sidelines again. We supported Ukraine from the first moment. We supported the defender against the attacker in an overt invasion and blatant violation of a country’s sovereignty. We are with Europe. We are with the West. We are with international legality. We cannot accept the change of border with violence as a usual practice ».

The prime minister also responded to the critics of the government stance, saying:

“They are the ones who with their attitude ask us to forget the trauma of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.”

“Any available fiscal space will be used for the benefit of society”

Mr Mitsotakis then reiterated the government’s willingness to use any available budgetary margin for the benefit of society. “Our principle is the surpluses to be returned to the citizens, every available fiscal space will be used for the benefit of society.“He said, pointing out that the January-Juli primary surplus exceeded the target of € 1.2 billion.

The prime minister referred to the improvement of the current account balance, the reduction of the trade deficit by 2.4% and the increase in travel receipts by 11%. “It is very important the good run of direct foreign investment, which in the first half is up 800 million euros compared to last year. All of this shows an economy that is steadily improving and producing benefits that return to society, ”he added.

As for summer fires, he stressed:

“The climate crisis is shaping a harsh, new reality. Firefighters show that on a daily basis it manages 40 fires a day, and last week that number had exceeded 70 per day. The overwhelming majority of them were under control within a few hours. The dispersion in Greece was large, and there were cases, most characteristic of Achaia, where they occurred simultaneously-or one after another-4-5 different fronts in the wider area, resulting in the firefighting forces, as well as the volunteers. I find it irresponsible and dangerous for the reasons of party confrontation to question the saving – as it has been proven – a system of warning and evacuation, in 112. Human life is the supreme good. “

Finally, he assured that the government would support the affected and thanked firefighters, volunteers, police, citizens and local government for their contribution.