{"id":6627,"date":"2026-05-20T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=6627"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:09:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:09:00","slug":"thanasis-kontogeorgis-greece-is-ready-against-turkey-preventive-and-repressive-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=6627","title":{"rendered":"Thanasis Kontogeorgis: Greece is ready against Turkey, preventive and repressive (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>intense smell <\/strong>that has upset residents of the coastal front of <b>Attica<\/b> is not from a <b>leakage of natural gas<\/b>, the Deputy Prime Minister&#8217;s Office <strong>Thanasis Kontogeorgis<\/strong> speaking to ERTnews.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. <b>Kontogeorgis<\/b> noted that <b>there was immediate mobilization of all the competent bodies<\/b> &#8211; DESFA, Natural Gas Company, Fire Brigade, Ministry of Environment, Region, Region, EVDAP- and as he said, the possibility of a gas leak was completely excluded. &#8220;<b>It was certainly not something dangerous<\/b> after all,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the <b>votes for<\/b> <strong>Investigation and Inquiry<\/strong>, he noted that the <b>government<\/b> will give a detailed position in the plenary session when the date of the debate is set.<\/p>\n<p>On <b>national issues<\/b>, he <b>categorically denied that the Patriots&#8217; withdrawal was linked to a government retreat<\/b>, stressing that the disposition of forces was solely by the Ministry of Defence. &#8220;<b>The disposition of the country&#8217;s defence forces obviously has to do with the national objectives and the strategy that is being laid out at any given time<\/b>,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\">   <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>For &#8220;<b>Blue Homeland<\/b>&#8220;, he said that even if there is a move to do so, <strong>&#8220;no legal consequence will be forthcoming&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know that there will not be a stable environment of peace and prosperity in the region until these <b>pending disputes related to EEZ and the continental shelf<\/b>&#8220;, he stressed, adding that our country is &#8220;ready to be proactive and repressive<\/b>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>On the issue of fuel<\/strong> accuracy, he admitted that <b>the government is concerned about international prices and the impact of the war<\/b>, recalling the measures in force until the end of May-June and leaving open the possibility of new interventions, &#8220;<b>Whatever is above will be seen in the coming days<\/b>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On the <b>middle class<\/b>, he stressed that <b>it remains a priority for the government<\/b> and announced that <b>the next TIF will include support measures from the prime minister<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, he confirmed that <b>elections will be held on time, in 2027, saying that the government is committed to its work<\/b> and to the preparation of the <b>Greece 2030<\/b> proposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The strong smell that upset the residents of Attica&#8217;s coastal front is not coming from a natural gas leak, clarified the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6628,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6627","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\/6627","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=6627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}