Greece's political leadership is drawing a sharp line between Greece and the wave of unrest sweeping through France, with both the prime minister and the migration minister weighing in on Monday.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking at the inauguration of the "Daedalus" supercomputer in Lavrio, framed Greece as a rare island of stability in a troubled Europe. He said Greece owes its citizens a firm commitment to never return to the era of mass social unrest or the era of populists who promised to tear up debt memoranda with a single law. He warned bluntly that any politician promising to solve all your problems is lying.
Migration Minister Thanos Plevris, asked directly on ERT whether France-style riots could happen in Greece, did not dismiss the possibility outright. He said he cannot rule it out given what Greece has lived through in past phases, but believes the country is now in a fundamentally different situation. He also took aim at Alexis Tsipras, who posted that France's message is coming in loud, saying Tsipras built his political career on unrest and that the Left has no room to function when normality prevails.
Tsipras had signaled that the French riots carry a political message relevant to Greece, setting up a direct clash with the governing party over how to read the European unrest. Mitsotakis and Plevris both used the moment to contrast their record of stability against what they described as the opposition's appetite for chaos. The exchange reflects a deeper fault line in Greek politics over economic grievances, migration pressures, and the memory of the 2010 to 2018 debt crisis years.
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Greece's political leadership is drawing a sharp line between Greece and the wave of unrest sweeping through France, wit...
Written on 10/22/2026