In his interview Wednesday afternoon on Parapolitika 90.1, with journalist Thanasis Fouskidis, Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Miltiadis Varvitsiotis emphasised the need to find a common solution in Europe and to safeguard the bloc’s unity.
Commenting on the impasse in the Eurogroup, he referred to the EU’s difficulty with making decisions, highlighting that “I don’t think the short-sighted view that wants us to look religiously at the numbers, rather than seeing the political imperative, which is an expression of solidarity, will take us very far,” and noting with regard to Germany and Holland that “they may feel protected as economies, but they forget that they depend on the health of their customers in Eurozone countries.”
But he said he was optimistic, because otherwise “we’re talking about the end of the European Union as we know it.” “What has to come first is our common endeavour, and not the undermining of that endeavour,” he added.
Asked about the measures taken by the government to boost the economy, he stressed that “we are in a situation where we still haven’t seen the light at the end of the tunnel, and the measures are constantly being elaborated, expanded and made more substantial, extending into more sectors. We still haven’t seen the horizon of this crisis, so let’s be cautious and find a cure first,” he noted.
Finally, he referred to the multifaceted battle that the Prime Minister has mounted and that has made the country a pioneer the fight against the coronavirus.
April 8, 2020