Mitsotakis in North Macedonia: The highway to the EU is closed if they don’t respect the Prespa Settlement – 2024-05-21 15:25:30

A transparent message to the brand new management of North Macedonia that if it doesn’t totally adjust to the provisions of the Prespa Settlement, their nation’s path to the European Union will stay closed and the Greek authorities is not going to ratify the remaining Memorandums of Cooperation within the Parliament, despatched Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis throughout his speech to residents of Veria.

“I wish to be completely clear right here, from the center of Macedonia. New Democracy had not voted for the Prespa Settlement and we expressed severe reservations when it was ratified within the Greek Parliament. We had stated, nonetheless, and I by no means kidded you, in all honesty, that when this Settlement is handed, virtually this Settlement can’t be modified. And we will probably be compelled, regardless of her issues, to respect her and that is what we did.

But when some individuals assume that they won’t respect the Settlement, they need to know two issues:
First, that their highway to Europe will stay closed, and that, secondly, the Memoranda which we should ratify, is not going to be ratified till there may be absolute compliance. Absolute compliance by the brand new authorities with what the Settlement offers. With out extremes, with out many voices, with the mandatory rigor with which the Greek authorities approaches all these points”, stated the Prime Minister.

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Referring to immigration, he emphasised that “we satisfied Europe to help a coverage of protected border guarding. That is why we’re constructing the fence on the Evros so that everybody is aware of that Greece is just not an open vine, in order that we decide who enters the territory and never each wretched smuggler.” He reminded in the identical context that “if we had not taken Greece out of the chapter spectrum, we might not have been capable of safe 500 million euros to help ELGA in order that it helps the farmers. Who would you like in Europe to do these negotiations? That is why we’ll vote on June 9.”

On the similar time, he reiterated that “Europe should make investments extra in protection. Will we be capable to create a European protection fund? I consider that we are going to achieve convincing the EU international locations in order that tomorrow we are able to purchase e.g. a European air protection, an iron dome, an armor that no mosquito will go by European airspace. Will Europe be capable to obtain a standard demographic coverage? We are going to at all times help the Greek household in apply. We instituted the beginning allowance, we gave the maternity allowance to the self-employed. I’m the primary to acknowledge that there’s an accuracy subject and we’re doing our greatest to handle it.”

“For the ND to be robust within the European Parliament means a powerful Greece in Europe, it means extra development for each Greek girl and each Greek” added Mr. Mitsotakis.

At 18:00 this afternoon, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will go to Giannitsa.