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Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Prime Minister, Greece

Search every verified Kyriakos Mitsotakis interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a €3.5 billion package of tax relief and income support in Thessaloniki on September 5, 2026, as thousands of farmers and trade union members protested over wages, living costs, and healthcare. Protesters criticized government priorities, including arms spending, and more than 3,500 police officers were deployed across the city. In his speech, Mitsotakis said the next step was for positive economic performance to reach every household as a dividend of progress and social return. In a September 24, 2025 interview at the UN General Assembly, Mitsotakis discussed Greece's fiscal recovery, noting that the country was borrowing cheaper than France and Italy and producing real surpluses. He highlighted measures aimed at young workers, stating that those under 25 with income under €20,000 would pay zero income tax and that those aged 25 to 30 would see their rate reduced from 22% to 9%. He also addressed tourism growth, housing supply issues related to short-term rentals, and Greece's energy strategy, which he said would rely on renewables, storage, and natural gas for base load power.

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“I just announced that anyone in Greece under 25 with income under 20,000 which is 99% of young Greeks are working is going to pay zero income tax. Zero. And if you are between 25 and 30 your income tax is going to be reduced from 22% to 9%. So we're really sending a signal to young people who view the political establishment with a lot of distrust that we care about you and if the economy is overperforming we can use”

“Today Greece is borrowing cheaper than France and Italy and not many people would have placed that bet even 2 or 3 years ago. This has been a remarkable turnaround story. It has been a story that has focused on macroeconomic stability. Greece is producing not just primary but also real surpluses. In that sense we're the exception to the European rule.”

“I will make it difficult for people to come into Greece. And I'm unapologetic about this. And if you're not entitled asylum, I will send you back. I will do whatever I can to send you back to your country of origin.”

“I think you're right to point out that the big surge in right-wing populism in Europe is to a great extent driven by illegal migration and Europe was not open about the scale of the problem. We from the very beginning of my term took a very I think tough but fair approach when it came to migration.”

“If you look at our debt to GDP ratio it has declined at the fastest pace in the history of any OECD country. By the end of 2026, we probably will no longer be the most indebted country in the Euro zone. And for a country that has been plagued with high debt for many many decades, I consider this probably to be my most important legacy, not to inherit to the next generation an unsustainable degree of debt.”

“Greece during the second decade of the 21st century suffered the biggest decline in GDP in the history of any OECD country. Essentially the country went bankrupt. We went through three stabilization programs and our society paid a very very heavy price. Back in 2015 we almost crashed out of the Euro zone. So my first mandate when I came into power was to return Greece to a sustainable growth path while at the same ti”

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