Mitsotakis: We stand by the farmers provided that we do not jeopardize what has been achieved

Mitsotakis: We stand by the farmers provided that we do not jeopardize what has been achieved

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"We fight many battles on many different levels," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday in his weekly review post on social media. More specifically, the Greek premier referred to the approval of a bill instituting civil marriage for same-sex couples. CE Report quoting Athens-Macedonian
"We are not solving a problem that affects the majority of society, but a minority. And from this perspective, some may still wonder why we insist on considering it so important. We prove in practice that we are indeed a government of all Greek men and women, that cares not only for the many, but also for the few - primarily for the most vulnerable such as children - giving rights, justice and freedom, to a portion of our fellow citizens who until today were deprived of them. The decision was by welcomed all EU member states through their embassies in Athens, as well as by all the major Western media as a 'landmark victory for human rights' and mostly confirms the Economist's Democracy Index, according to which, Greece, after 16 years, is ranked among the 20 most mature democracies in the world," he noted.

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