Kyriakos Mitsotakis

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Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης
Born4 March 1968
Athens, Greece
Political orientationNeoliberalism
Imperialism
Anti-communism
Anti-immigration
Zionism
Political partyNew Democracy


Kyriakos Mitsotakis is a Greek politician who is the current prime minister of Greece and the current leader of New Democracy.

Policies

Autocracy

Mitsotakis, since his election, has applied increasingly neoliberal policies with privatizations and reducing of workers' rights.

Mitsotakis has received criticism for heightened corruption during his term,[1][2] as well as a deterioration of freedom of the press in Greece.[3][4][5] His term was marred by the 2022 wiretapping scandal[6] and the Tempi Train crash.[7]

Pro-Zionism

Mitsotakis has also supported "Israel" during the Operation Flood of Al-Aqsa.

The flag of the Zionist Entity in the Parliament building, Syntagma Square, Athens.

Political Positions

Anti-communism

Mitsotakis has said that the National Liberation Front, the primary resistance against the Nazi occupiers, was the worst historical period of Greece. [8]

References

  1. The Rot at the Heart of Greece Is Now Clear for Everyone to See (22 August 2022).
  2. Greek PM's Wiretapping Scandal Can't be Justified by Foreign Threats (2022-09-21).
  3. How Greece became Europe's worst place for press freedom (8 August 2022).
  4. Greece: Media freedom under assault (23 April 2022).
  5. The worrying decline of press freedom in Greece (15 May 2022).
  6. Greek 'Watergate' tarnishes reputation of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (30 August 2022).
  7. Greek protests over train crash flare despite prime minister's apology (2023-03-05).
  8. “Νομίζω ότι όλοι μπορούν να βγάλουν τα συμπεράσματά τους από τις ιστορικές αναφορές που το κάθε κόμμα επιδιώκει να αναδείξει. Εμείς, ας πούμε, αναδεικνύουμε την αποκατάσταση της δημοκρατίας από τη Νέα Δημοκρατία και τον Κωνσταντίνο Καραμανλή. Εσείς επιμένετε να μας θυμίζετε τις χειρότερες στιγμές της ελληνικής ιστορίας και τους εμφύλιους διχασμούς, που αυτός ο τόπος πλήρωσε πολύ ακριβά”

    "Μητσοτάκης για ΕΑΜ: Από τις χειρότερες στιγμές της ελληνικής Ιστορίας – Τσίπρας: Η Εθνική Αντίσταση είναι αναγνωρισμένη" (2023-02-07). Το Ποντίκι. Retrieved 2023-12-19.