The cabinet reshuffle was carried out by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on June 14 after the failure of the European Parliament elections, Reuters reports.
The ruling New Democracy party in Greece showed results in the European elections “worse than expected”the publication reports.
Mitsotakis left Finance Minister Kostis Hadzidakis and Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis in their positions. “to demonstrate the continuity of the policy”. At the same time, he replaced Kostas Skrekas as Minister of Development with former Minister of Citizen Protection and formerly Minister of the Interior, Takis Theodorikakos, and transferred the current Minister of the Interior and formerly Minister of Education, Niki Kerameos, to the position of Minister of Labor. . The politician appointed Nikos Panagiotopoulos, former Minister of Defense, as Minister of Migration. Nikos Dendias, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, who has held this position since 2023, remained Minister of Defense.
Let us remember that in the 2023 Greek parliamentary elections, New Democracy obtained 40.6% of the votes. In the 2024 European Parliament elections, Mitsotakis hoped to get 33% of the vote, but he only got 28%.
In this regard, Mitsotakis admitted that the results were “It’s not what we expected”He pointed out that there are no reasons for re-election in Greece and stated that “major renovations” will continue and the government will pressure “gas, no brake”.
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Source: Rossa Primavera
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