PM: Previous Euro elections are the ‘the benchmark’

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking in an interview on SKAI TV's prime-time news bulletin ahead of the European elections, underscored that "the benchmark is the previous European elections." He also characterized the recent violent incident in Parliament as "appalling and revealing," shedding light on the state of affairs within Greek politics.

"It's appalling because the temple of Democracy should not be turned into a boxing arena," he said, referring to the recent parliamentary brawl between far-right independent MP Konstantinos Floros and far-right Greek Solution MP Vassilis Grammenos.

"It was also extremely revealing of what's happening in this far-right political tenement. This conglomeration of parties seems rather arbitrary, built on lies and violence," he added, while also implying that the main opposition party SYRIZA is in conversation with the far...