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Developments in the European Union’s third largest economy unfortunately do not impact solely on Italian domestic affairs. They concern the entire Union.

The invasion of Ukraine constitutes an effort to change the country’s borders, and thereby bolsters all manner of revisionism, which violates international law.

'Any way you cut it, this is a critical confluence of events for Europe, as a series of givens has now been cast in doubt by the war, but it also presents an opportunity.'

It is easy to shout, “We are all Ukrainians!” when we see the corpses in bombed cities and the tragically desperate faces of refugees. What is difficult is to prove it in practice.

Macron’s debate strategy appears to have worked, as 59 percent of voters found him more convincing than Lepen, but that does not mean that the battle has been decided.

That Greece's decision to expel twelve Russian diplomats comes after the massacre in Bucha demonstrates the fact that it was necessary.

That Greece's decision to expel twelve Russian diplomats comes after the massacre in Bucha demonstrates the fact that it was necessary.

The public debt has been rising during the pandemic, and Finance Minister Christos Staikouras in Parliament yesterday said credit spreads are expanding.

The ongoing multi-faceted crisis that was refuelled by the Russian invasion of Ukraine has had severe repercussions on the purchasing power of the average European household.

If the EU is mulling the issuance of a joint bond to finance energy and defence expenditures, the Union will have acted more swiftly than ever.

Greece is a member of NATO, of the EU and the eurozone. Russia’s initiative is a flagrant violation of international law and poses additional dangers for our country.

Nikos Dendias' trip to is in the framework of Greece’s intense concerns about the safety of the Greek community in the area and in the context of Greece’s NATO, EU.

There are many diplomatic traps and any move can boomerang if it is not properly prepared. Greece must maintain a calm and stable stance on the Ukrainian issue.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Kosovo asks Athens to play a mediating role in the Belgrade – Pristina dialogue, while emphasisng her country’s Western orientation.

The recent visits of Greek ministers to the border region, armed with a strategy of deterrence and defence, were no coincidence.

The Hellenic Coast Guard video from the rescue effort southeast of Chios showed shocking images that can leave no one untouched by the drama of refugees and migrants.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced his intention while on a visit to the occupied territories in July for celebrations marking the 47th anniversary of the invasion.

Germany will not be able to effectively put the brakes on reforms being pushed by French President Emmanuel Macron and at the same time it will not be able to exert a drastic influence on the frugal countries of the European North.

The US is definitively abandoning its efforts to export democracy and is focusing on its own modernisation in order to avert Chinese geopolitical predominance.

We have just started issuing new passports with the name “North Macedonia” - way ahead of schedule, sooner than the Prespa Agreement has foreseen.

Given Ankara’s revisionist (and expansionist) geopolitical stance, it is exceptionally important not to come across as split or divided and to be united in confronting Turkey’s destabilising moves.

It is exceptionally important for Greece and Cyprus to resoundingly signal their unity and to build a front against Ankara’s actions within the EU.

Erdogan's stance is based on the multi-faceted domestic crisis that Turkey is entering. It is also based on a complete shift in his policies since the abortive coup attempt in 2016.

Five dozen rounds of talks in nearly 20 years proved fruitless as Athens steadfastly rejected all of Ankara's demands that are outside the parameters of international law.

The problem is that despite various indications Turkey’s next moves remain unknown because we have not yet learned to read them properly.

We are all French for reasons more important than bilateral relations or geopolitical games. We are all French above all because we share with the residents of Paris, Nice, and other French cities a common European way of life.

Athens has been offered a great opportunity to exploit the European wave of dissatisfaction with Ankara by responding calmly to provocations, and persistently highlighting Ankara’s violations of Greece’s sovereignty in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean.

Greece has openly expressed its willingness to commence a substantial dialogue with Turkey which both the EU and the US strongly support.

The images that followed the destruction of the Moria camp with homeless migrants finding refuge even in cemeteries bred a climate of guilt in Brussels

The European Commission has pledged to help transport 400 children and adolescents to mainland Greece but it is now too late. Disaster has struck and thousands of people are stranded in the streets.

Can the foundations of a new economic paradigm for the EU be laid without a new agreement, without a sort of New Deal?

Clearly, the government has no choice but to support suffering citizens, but eventually that will be well nigh impossible without the support and solidarity of Greece’s EU partners.

A positive outcome such as that in Evros is feasible only when the EU partners realise that there are common European interests that must be defended as staunchly as possible.  

Greece’s partners, including those most dedicated to fiscal discipline, are beginning to comprehend that austerity is not a cure-all.