Greek President Konstantinos Tasoulás called the display of the Parthenon Sculptures at the British Museum "ongoing loot...

Greek President Konstantinos Tasoulás called the display of the Parthenon Sculptures at the British Museum "ongoing looting," making some of the sharpest remarks yet by a sitting Greek head of state on the issue. Speaking to the newspaper "Nea Savvatokyriako," Tasoulás framed the reunification of the Sculptures as a European matter for the first time, not just a bilateral dispute between Greece and Britain. He argued that Britain owes their return to both Greece and Europe equally. The timing is deliberate. Tasoulás connected the sculptures directly to Britain's gradual rapprochement with the EU, saying that as some form of UK-Europe reunification is already being planned, returning the Sculptures would be a gesture Britain owes the continent as much as it owes Greece. It is the first time a Greek president has publicly linked the two issues. On Turkey, Tasoulás rejected the "Blue Homeland" doctrine outright, calling it fraudulent. He reminded Turkish policymakers that the Greek people have considered the sea their homeland for 40 centuries, long before Turkic peoples arrived from Central Asia and settled on the Anatolian peninsula. He called on Turkish policy architects to study more history. Tasoulás also addressed domestic politics, dismissing fears of prolonged government instability after any election. He said Greek voters would decide whether stability is better served by a coalition or a majority government, and he expressed confidence that political leaders know how to read election results. He called for "bold and meaningful consensus" alongside an end to what he described as political investment in polarization and toxicity. On the far right, he said he is not worried about its influence in Greece, pointing to the Greek public's consistent rejection of extremism throughout the post-junta period. #ParthennonSculptures #BritishMuseum #Greece