Achievements since 1974 must not be ignored, Sakellaropoulou says

Greece is a "state of law with established democratic institutions" and it "would be dangerous to ignore the achievements of the last 50 years," President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has told the final day of the "50 Years of the Metapolitefsi" conference taking place in Athens.

In a fireside chat with Elaine Papoulias, executive director of the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard, and Kathimerini journalist Michalis Tsintsinis, the president acknowledged that since taking office, she has been "criticized because some people expected me to make statements that were not within the scope of my responsibilities."

She noted that she has made no secret of her sensitivity about rights, specifically mentioning her stance on same-sex marriage. "A democracy must ensure the universality of such rights. If some people are offended because another group enjoys...