Greek Prime Minister to ask EU for more help

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday he would ask for more resources to tackle the migration problem. The Greek Prime Minister is in Granada (Spain) at an informal summit of leaders of the European Union countries.

Speaking to reporters ahead of the summit, Mitsotakis said he was pleased to have reached a preliminary agreement in the European Council on the Migration and Asylum Directive. “This is a big relief for first-time countries,” – he said, referring to the southern members EUwhich mainly deal with migrant flows.

Mitsotakis added that he would push for an increase in the EU budget for migration. More resources needed “to solve such an important problem that affects the entire EU.”

The Prime Minister added that The EU must allocate an additional 2.5 billion euros for disaster relief. “I had the opportunity to express at the European South meeting in Malta my disappointment regarding the limited funds allocated to disaster relief from the European Solidarity Fund,” he said, adding that additional funds are needed to ensure that European citizens know that the E.U. will in any case support them if the country suffers from natural disasters related to the climate crisis.”

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Speaking of catastrophic floods in the Thessaly region in September, the Prime Minister noted thatGreece’s economy is strong enough to withstand the impact of such events, but he added that he was pleased with Europe’s quick response, which “provided our country with maximum flexibility in absorbing European funds to combat this major natural disaster.”

Migration and natural disasters are on the agenda for Friday’s EU summit, but will not be the only issues. Another important issue is EU enlargement, with Greece and other members saying reforms and the rule of law are crucial to admitting new members.

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Mitsotakis will also demand changes to fiscal rules to give individual members more leeway to pursue their own set of policies to achieve convergence with the EU’s debt and budget deficit targets.

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