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Kyriakos Mitsotakis Κυριάκος Μητσοτάκης | |
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| Born | 4 March 1968 Athens, Greece |
| Political orientation | Neoliberalism Imperialism Anti-communism Anti-immigration Zionism |
| Political party | New Democracy |
Kyriakos Mitsotakis is a Greek politician who is the current prime minister of Greece and the current leader of New Democracy.
Policies
Neoliberalism
Mitsotakis, since his election, has applied increasingly neoliberal policies with privatizations and reducing of workers' rights.
Since his first government in 2019, Mitsotakis has done a wave of massive privatizations as part of a wider neoliberal economic agenda. These privatizations include: tourist infrastracture, coastal land and any shares of the state left in gas and electricity companies (such as DEI, which ironically stands for Public Electricity Business). Tax reform was also implemented to make the country "a haven for billionaires and the wealthiest citizens" and to attract foreign capital. A clause also makes this law permanent and immune to change by next governments.[1]
The right to strike has also been restricted, whereas collective agreements have been completely abolished. Both measures were taken in 2020 as part of the so-called "big growth bill". These measures were first introduced by the neocolonial Troika in 2012 and then abolished by Tsipras in 2015.[2] In August 2020, a reform of the labor law was also passed, giving an employer the ability to lay off workers without any warning or reasoning, which can be exploited by employees by firing workers due to personal preferences.
The tax fraud unit was also abolished, therefore facilitating tax evasion. The said unit's employees are now integrated into the Ministry of Finance. [3]
Imperialism
Greece participates in the invasion of Yemen which is led by the US.
Autocracy, corruption and mishandling of situations
During Mitsotakis' term, corruption and nepotism has heightened, [4][5] whereas freedom of speech has also become very limited, akin to fascist regimes. [6][7][8] Mitsotakis' term was also marred by the 2022 wiretapping scandal[9] and the Tempi Train crash.[10]
Police violence has also been dramatically increased during his term, with the police clearly beating people during the Tempi Train Crash protests. [11]
Anti-immigration
Migration policy has been tightened: the coverage of hospital care for destitute foreigners has been abolished and the period during which refugees who have been granted asylum can reside in public housing has been reduced from six months to one month.[12]
Even the bourgeois propaganda outlet The New York Times has shown a video proof of Greek authorities abandoning migrants at sea. Mitsotakis' government denies this. [13]
The equally neoliberal European Union praises and funds him for this. [14]
Pro-Zionism
Mitsotakis has also supported "Israel" during the Operation Flood of Al-Aqsa.
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. [15]
References
- ↑ "La Grèce va-t-elle devenir le paradis des milliardaires ?" (7 December 2019). Capital.fr.
- ↑ "Le gouvernement grec profite du coronavirus pour faciliter l'exploration pétrolière dans ses eaux". Reporterre, le quotidien de l'écologie.
- ↑ "Grèce : le gouvernement amorce le changement" (12 August 2019). Les Echos.
- ↑ "The Rot at the Heart of Greece Is Now Clear for Everyone to See" (22 August 2022). New York Times.
- ↑ Greek PM's Wiretapping Scandal Can't be Justified by Foreign Threats (2022-09-21).
- ↑ "How Greece became Europe's worst place for press freedom" (8 August 2022). Politico.
- ↑ "Greece: Media freedom under assault" (23 April 2022). AlJazeera.
- ↑ "The worrying decline of press freedom in Greece" (15 May 2022). Le Monde.
- ↑ Greek 'Watergate' tarnishes reputation of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (30 August 2022).
- ↑ "Greek protests over train crash flare despite prime minister's apology" (2023-03-05). CNN.
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/11totkr/police_attacks_peaceful_protest_eventually/
- ↑ "En Grèce, Kyriakos Mitsotakis devance les désirs des créanciers" (16 July 2020). L'Humanité.
- ↑ "Video Shows Greece Abandoning Migrants at Sea" (2023-05-19). The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
- ↑ "Migration: EU praises Greece as 'shield' after Turkey opens border" (2020-03-03). the Guardian.
- ↑ “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.