Kyriakos Mitsotakis

I would argue to a certain extent, yes.

And I remember the COVID fund negotiations.

There were a lot of countries, including Germany, that said no until they said yes.

So when it comes to defense, which, as I said, is the ultimate European public good,

I do expect that we will be able to take important decisions to target specific European projects, which would then again require European collaboration.

We have clearly turned the page.

But as I said, if we want to converge with Europe, we need to grow faster than Europe.

We've been doing this.

But this growth needs to be qualitatively different.

It needs to focus on investment, on innovation, on exports, on creating really valuable jobs.

And my main goal is to ensure that wages increase, that we have wage convergence with Europe, and that we support disposable income at a time when all European economies are faced with a cost of living crisis.

And the only way to address this is to ensure

that we support disposable income, but we have to do it in a fiscally sustainable way.

That's what we have done so far.

We will continue doing it.

I do expect that next year we will again perform very well.

So I tell my fellow Greek citizens that I think the best days are ahead of us and that this is a policy that will deliver long-term benefits to them.

Elections are 18 months ahead, 18 months out.

We are way ahead in the polls.

Our goal is to win an absolute majority.