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Mitsotakis Takes Another Jab at Samaras: ‘As I Recall, He Won 18% in the Election’

From Kathimerini · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis mocked former prime minister Antonis Samaras by referring to Samaras’s 18% election result.
  • The exchange followed Samaras’s accusation that Mitsotakis had transformed New Democracy into a personal party.
  • Samaras responded with a long list of criticisms, including inflation, corruption, taxes, agricultural hardship and the Tempi and wiretapping scandals.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis has delivered another pointed response to Antonis Samaras, recalling the former prime minister’s 18% result in an election. “New Democracy isn’t a political force today? As I recall, he got 18% in the election. Nice performance,” Mitsotakis said when asked about Samaras.

New Democracy isn’t a political force today? As I recall, he got 18% in the election. Nice performance.

· Kyriakos MitsotakisThe Greek prime minister responded to Samaras’s criticism by referring to his election result.

The latest exchange followed Samaras’s criticism of Mitsotakis and his claim that the prime minister had turned New Democracy into the “Mitsotakis party.” Mitsotakis had earlier said he hoped Samaras would think more carefully about his legacy. He also said Samaras had considerable expertise in “how to harm the New Democracy political force.”

I want to believe that in the end he will think more carefully about his legacy.

· Kyriakos MitsotakisMitsotakis criticized Samaras in an earlier statement.

Samaras answered in a video, telling Mitsotakis to worry about his own legacy. He said the prime minister would be remembered for high prices, corruption, arrogance, direct awards, the impoverishment of rural areas, the woke agenda and taxes. He also accused Mitsotakis of targeting the middle class and driving farmers, livestock breeders and fishers into hardship.

He will go down in history as the prime minister of high prices, corruption, arrogance, direct awards, the impoverishment of our rural areas, the woke agenda, taxes, the persecution of the middle class, the impoverishment of farmers, livestock breeders and fishers, the destruction of the restaurant industry, a foreign policy of appeasement and bows, tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who received asylum, and of course OPEKEPE, Frappe and the butcher, Tempi and the wiretapping.

· Antonis SamarasSamaras listed his accusations against Mitsotakis in a video response.

Samaras further attacked the government’s handling of restaurants, foreign policy, migration, the OPEKEPE affair, the Tempi disaster and wiretapping. “This is not the political force, Mr. Mitsotakis. This is the Mitsotakis party,” he said.

This is not the political force, Mr. Mitsotakis. This is the Mitsotakis party.

· Antonis SamarasSamaras rejected Mitsotakis’s claim to represent New Democracy.
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Originally published by Kathimerini in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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