Greek PM Says Center Holding in EU Despite Far Right Gains
- Mitsotakis says talk of right-wing shift has been exaggerated
- Greece has opportunity to ‘punch above its weight’ in the EU
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Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the political center held in the European Parliament elections and created momentum for change, dismissing concerns about an upswell of populism.
The center-right European People’s Party secured a “blocking minority” and the coalition with other centrist groups remains intact, Mitsotakis said in a Bloomberg TV interview with Tom Mackenzie on Wednesday. He described the success of far-right parties mainly isolated to France and Germany, adding that the political shifts and southern Europe’s economic revival open opportunities for new alliances in the bloc.