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Samaras Lambasts Mitsotakis Over "Unbridled Appeasement" in Foreign Policy

Former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, accusing his government of pursuing a foreign policy of "unbridled appeasement" that has left Greece "on the sidelines, completely absent" from the international stage, Greek financial newspaper Naftemporiki reported on Saturday. Samaras's sharp critique was detailed in an article published in "Ta Nea."

Describing the current global situation as a "geopolitical perfect storm," Samaras warned of de facto border changes and an emerging hybrid international system. He questioned Greece's position within this volatile environment, stating, "Greece is on the sidelines. Completely absent," and asserted that Hellenism is under pressure.

Samaras heavily criticised Mitsotakis's recent visits to Berlin and Rome, highlighting a "conciliatory" stance towards German calls for EU defence cooperation with Turkey, despite ongoing tensions, and a lack of reaction to Rome-Ankara defence alignment. He also condemned Athens' silence on provocative statements from North Macedonia's PM and Albanian PM Edi Rama's activities.

The former premier further decried the alleged abandonment of the Greece-Cyprus-Israel trilateral energy cooperation and Athens' silence on Turkish President Erdogan's provocative visit to occupied Cyprus. "This is not serious foreign policy. And it shows a non-serious country," Samaras declared, concluding that the current approach does not represent New Democracy's principles. "This is no longer a New Democracy government. It is a Kyriakos Mitsotakis government," he asserted.

Antonis Samaras served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2012 to 2015, leading a New Democracy-based coalition. A prominent figure in Greek conservative politics for decades, his recent pronouncements, including this direct condemnation of the government's foreign policy and its leader, signify a profound ideological and political estrangement from the current New Democracy party, effectively marking a public 'divorce' from the party he once led.

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