{"id":3232,"date":"2026-04-29T19:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3232"},"modified":"2026-04-29T19:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:12:00","slug":"kyriakos-mitsotakis-will-speak-on-thursday-at-the-inauguration-of-the-university-of-nicosia-in-hellenikon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=3232","title":{"rendered":"Kyriakos Mitsotakis will speak on Thursday at the inauguration of the University of Nicosia in Hellenikon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <b>Program<\/b> of <b>Prime Minister<\/b>, <b>Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/b>, for tomorrow Thursday (30\/04). <\/p>\n<p>Premier <b>Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/b> on <b>11.00<\/b> will <b>speak<\/b> at the inauguration of the branch of the <b>University of Nicosia<\/b> in <b>Athens<\/b>, <b>at the Hellenic.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h3><b>Mitsotakis at the Council of Ministers: No to the muck and toxicity of the opposition<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>During his <b>introduction<\/b> to the <b>Council of Ministers<\/b>, <b>Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/b> placed particular emphasis on strengthening the role of <b>deputies<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"448\">During his introductory statement to the <b>Ministerial Council,<\/b> the Prime Minister stressed that strengthening the participation of MPs is a key option of the <b>government<\/b> for the <b>upgrading of the role<\/b> of the elected representative of each region.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"450\" data-end=\"719\">As he said, the already <b>active participation of MPs <\/b>in <b>consultations<\/b> &#8211; such as those on mountainous areas and insularity &#8211; points the way to a more substantial involvement in policy design, especially on issues related to the development of local communities.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"721\" data-end=\"958\">He even raised as a <b>central issue<\/b> the contribution of MPs &#8220;in how they can fight for the development and prosperity of their region&#8221;, linking their role to the formulation and maturation of specific policy initiatives.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"960\" data-end=\"1308\">At the same time, he reiterated the distinction between the<b> executive and the legislature<\/b>, clarifying that the &#8220;executive state&#8221; is exclusively for the government. He stressed that the roles are constitutionally enshrined and distinct, underlining, however, that cooperation between the government and parliamentarians becomes particularly important in critical policy areas.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1310\" data-end=\"1500\">In the same context, he noted that close cooperation with <b>members of parliament<\/b> can enhance the effectiveness of government planning, emphasising the production of tangible results.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1502\" data-end=\"1530\">Implications for the opposition<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1532\" data-end=\"1734\">The prime minister did not let the heated political debate go unheeded, indirectly responding to the statements of <b>Nikos Androulakis,<\/b> who had earlier unleashed <b>serious characterizations.<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1736\" data-end=\"1929\">Without naming him, he spoke of <b>&#8220;odious rhetoric&#8221;<\/b> that he said was drawn from toxic internet templates, noting that public debate was sliding to <b>dangerous levels.<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1931\" data-end=\"2167\">He also referred to the personal attacks he said he has received, as well as the characterizations against the government and <b>New Democracy<\/b>, noting that such expressions foster division and tension.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2169\" data-end=\"2328\">At the same time, he expressed <b>concern<\/b> about the overall attitude of part of the <b>opposition<\/b>, calling it a &#8220;downward spiral of toxicity&#8221; affecting the political climate.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2330\" data-end=\"2560\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">He made it clear, however, that the <b>government will not<\/b> follow this line. &#8220;The country does not need such a quagmire,&#8221; he said, noting that the answer would be through government work and not through aggravation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The programme of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for tomorrow, Thursday (30\/04).Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will speak at 11.00 at the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}