From Konstantinos Karamanlis<\/b>, who on this day in 1975 submitted the application for the country\u2019s accession to the EEC, in the Greece of Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/b>, who now plays a central role in the European Union and the Eurozone, and the Greek Minister of Finance Kyriakos Pierrakakis.<\/b><\/p>\n
Exactly 51 years ago, Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis submitted Greece\u2019s application for EEC membership, which was accepted the following day, on June 13, 1975<\/b>, was accepted, and the country\u2019s accession process began. One day earlier, on June 11, the constitution of the country, thereby creating the necessary conditions that led Greece to its natural place, Europe.<\/p>\n
An accession that was completed in 1981; nevertheless, the submission of the application marks a historic day for the country, as it essentially marks the beginning of the transition that led to an\u2026 alliance that even today, following accession to the euro<\/b>, demonstrates its significance.<\/p>\n
\u201cGreece belongs to and wishes to belong to Europe, where its geopolitical position, its history, and its traditions\u2014which are shared with the cultural heritage of your countries\u2014have placed it,\u201d<\/b> stated Constantine Karamanlis, addressing the ambassadors of the nine member states of the then-Community on June 12, 1975.<\/p>\n
His decision, made in the face of a PASOK that was building its\u2026 future with slogans such as \u201cEEC and NATO are the same union\u201d <\/b>and other similar slogans, was of particular economic and political significance in the effort to consolidate the New Democracy party.<\/p>\n
New Democracy has stood on the right side of history all these years, and it is telling that it put party interests aside in 2015 \u2014together with the then-ruling PASOK\u2014to keep the country in Europe and in the euro. <\/p>\n
Today, 51 years later, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, as prime minister of the New Democracy government, has succeeded in leading the country into the inner circle of the European Union.<\/b> With the ability to influence decisions on critical issues\u2014as was the case during the pandemic and the energy crisis\u2014and by building a strong economy that serves as a model for other countries, changing the dynamics created by the decade-long crisis as well as the actions and decisions of the SYRIZA-ANEL government and the \u201cproud negotiation\u201d of Alexis Tsipras.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s not all. Greece currently holds the Eurogroup presidency. Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis was unanimously elected president of the Eurogroup, where in 2015 the eurozone finance ministers, facing the \u201casset\u201d of Alexis Tsipras<\/b>, Yanis Varoufakis<\/b>, came close to taking the country out of the euro.<\/p>\n
Greece has returned to the \u201cfast lane\u201d of the European Union, having weathered the years of the economic crisis, and through Kyriakos Pierrakakis, it now holds the helm of one of its key institutions.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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