Mitsotakis from Spain presented a “magic image” for the country

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03.10.2021, 17:17

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The reality may be different, but Mr. Mitsotakis presented a “dream government” of Greece from New Democracy, in his address to the congress of the People’s Party of Spain (Partido Popular ), which takes place in Valencia

As the Greek Prime Minister stated, among other things, “despite the pandemic, despite the immigration, despite the difficult differences with Turkey, we have remained true to our commitments. We have reduced taxes for all Greeks, we have reduced the bureaucracy, we have created a digital state, we have modernized our party so that the New Democracy now occupies the entire space between the right and the progressive center “.

Mr. Mitsotakis did not fail to speak again about the promotion of the reform agenda he had presented before the July 2019 elections, to speak of “real change” and not ” empty promises “, as well as to accuse the SYRIZA executives of characterizing them as” populists of the extreme left “.

In particular, he said that “Real change” that he submitted as a pre-election proposal to the Greek people gave him and the New Democracy party autonomy, but also domination in the political space from the Right to the progressive center, while allowing him to defeat the “populists of the far left “, As he characteristically said, to express the optimism that the same victory, may result in the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Spain and the People’s Party, under Pablo Casado.

As he noted, “I am here to convey the message that this is possible. The far-left populists, the counterparts of your own Podemos, were defeated in the recent elections by the progressive center-right party. When you take power, I’m sure you will have the same vision as us. A vision not only for a progressive Spain, but a vision for a progressive Europe. A Europe that protects its borders. A Europe that puts defense at the center of its policy. “A Europe that ensures that the funds of the Recovery and Resilience Fund will be used to improve the lives of all Europeans, to reduce income inequalities and to ensure that we all look forward to a common future,” he said.

Once again promised investment, increased productivity and reduced unemployment by saying that “politics has the power to make a difference in the daily lives” of citizens, ” not through increased taxation, aggravating regulatory frameworks and excessive state intervention. But through investment, reform and market conditions, which boost entrepreneurship, employment, growth, but also increased productivity. This is exactly what we have done in Greece: tax cuts, labor market reforms, the development of green technologies and the use of smart technology and digital innovation in order to achieve the best possible results for the citizens. “

In his keynote address, the President of the People’s Party in Spain, Pablo Cassado, stressed that Kyriakos Mitsotakis and New Democracy are an example for the effective management of large challenges, such as the pandemic, and pledged that a People’s Party government would fully support the protection of Greek borders and interests in the Mediterranean. At the same time, he thanked the Greek Prime Minister for the steadfast struggle against populism, referring, in fact, to a conversation he had with him in the past.

” One day I talked to Kyriakos on the phone and we were talking about populism. And he gave me a piece of advice: “Resist! We also had Varoufakis here and we resisted”. And he was right. That is why we also resist populism “, he added characteristically.