Mitsotakis Stands Firm on Turkey, Defends Growth Dividend at Thessaloniki Fair

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis used his traditional press conference at the 90th Thessaloniki International Fair on Sunday, September 6, to defend his government’s economic record, address tensions with Turkey, outline Greece’s regional diplomacy, and candidly acknowledge missteps of his tenure.

Asked whether the support measures he had just announced were sufficient to meet social needs, Mitsotakis argued that Greece’s economic performance had earned it room to manoeuvre that most of its European peers simply lack. “The country is in a position to distribute a growth dividend because the performance of the Greek economy allows it,” he said, crediting restored fiscal discipline and higher state revenues. He was careful to temper expectations, however, stressing that the support package had been strictly costed and that citizens should harbor no illusions about the conditions attached to its implementation.

Pressed on how he would govern without a parliamentary majority after the next election, whenever it is held, the Prime Minister returned to a familiar theme: the stability a single-party government provides. “We respect and honor the verdict of the