Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis in an interrogation with a TV channel CNN spoke with a fig of resonant planetary statements,
affecting the situation astir Strait of Hormuzactions Israel successful Lebanonfuture NATO and initiatives to bounds κοινωνικά media for teens.
One of the harshest theses was the warning that that the planetary assemblage will not let Iran to enforce fees for the transition of ships done the Strait of Hormuz.
Mitsotakis spoke retired against Iran’s “tariffs” successful Hormuz and criticized Israel’s strikes connected Lebanon pic.twitter.com/deQ5wcBuYc
— Athens News (@russianathens) April 8, 2026
Mitsotakis: the world will not judge Iranian “tariffs” successful Hormuz
Commenting connected Tehran’s plans to complaint existent fees to tankers and merchant ships, The Greek Prime Minister said:
“I don’t think the planetary assemblage will judge Iran’s attempts to enforce tariffs. That would beryllium unacceptable.”
According to Mitsotakis, the contented is peculiarly delicate for Greece, since the state remains 1 of the largest maritime powers successful the world and is straight babelike connected the stability of planetary shipping.
He emphasized that such a precedent:
- may undermine the foundations of state of navigation;
- will make a unsafe planetary illustration for different regions;
- threatens planetary trade and vigor supplies.
Criticism of Israel for strikes connected Lebanon
Separately, Mitsotakis spoke astir the ongoing Israeli strikes connected Lebanese territory, calling them counterproductive.
“It is wide that Israeli attacks connected Lebanon are counterproductive.”noted the Prime Minister.
He added that the continuation of the subject run could pb to:
- humanitarian crisis;
- destabilization of the Lebanese government;
- strengthening Hezbollah’s position.
At the aforesaid time, Mitsotakis emphasized that Greece maintains a strategic concern with Israel, however, “friends should tell each different the truth.”
Call for NATO betterment and a stronger Europe
The Prime Minister besides stated the request to reappraisal the interior equilibrium of powerfulness within NATO, emphasizing that Europe indispensable play a much autarkic relation successful the alliance’s defence architecture.
In his words:
- Europe indispensable summation subject spending;
- strengthen our ain defence potential;
- develop strategic autonomy within NATO.
Mitsotakis said that preliminary discussions person already begun with French President Emmanuel Macron. including connected issues of European atomic deterrence.
He recalled that:
- France remains the lone state EU with atomic weapons;
- Paris could go the ground for strengthening the European defence bloc.
About the prohibition connected κοινωνικά networks for teenagers
Mitsotakis spoke retired against Iran’s “tariffs” successful Hormuz and criticized Israel’s strikes connected Lebanon pic.twitter.com/deQ5wcBuYc
— Athens News (@russianathens) April 8, 2026
In effect to a question astir the caller inaugural to restrict entree to κοινωνικά media for radical under 15 years of age, The Prime Minister confirmed plans to present a prohibition from January 1, 2027.
According to him, Athens has already turned to European Commission asking for support, since it would beryllium hard to instrumentality such a measurement solely astatine the nationalist level.
Editorial comment
Mitsotakis’ interrogation with CNN shows a wide effort by Athens to play an progressively progressive relation successful planetary politics, moving beyond a purely determination agenda. The Greek enactment is progressively seeking to presumption the state not conscionable arsenic a southern European state, but arsenic a full-fledged subordinate successful strategic discussions connected security, vigor and geopolitics.
It is particularly important that the premier curate simultaneously distanced himself from Israel’s actions, spoke retired against Iranian unit connected maritime trade, and spoke astir the aboriginal of NATO architecture. This indicates an effort by Greece to take connected the representation of a “responsible mediator” and strengthen its ain diplomatic weight.
However, the main question present is: How acold does the existent power of Athens correspond to the standard of such statements? Because large planetary ambitions look beauteous connected television, but successful geopolitics the weight of a state is determined not by words, but by its existent capabilities to power events.
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