{"id":43850,"date":"2026-03-19T17:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/43850\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T17:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:37:24","slug":"mutual-defense-energy-and-migration-at-top-of-greek-pms-agenda-in-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/43850\/","title":{"rendered":"Mutual defense, energy and migration at top of Greek PM\u2019s agenda in Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/epa-mitsotakis-acosta-brussels.jpg\" alt=\"Mutual defense, energy and migration at top of Greek PM\u2019s agenda in Brussels\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/epa-mitsotakis-acosta-brussels.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>European Council President Antonio Costa (left) and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis talk during a formal meeting of the members of the European Council in Brussels, on Thursday, March 19, 2026. Leaders are expected to discuss the situation in the Middle East and Iran, continued support for Ukraine, European competitiveness, defense readiness and migration amid rising geopolitical and economic tensions. [Olivier Hoslet\/EPA]<\/p>\n<p>Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis indicated three key issues stemming from the turmoil in the Middle East that will top his agenda as he headed into a crucial EU summit in Brussels on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In doorstep comments to the press, Mitsotakis noted that the crisis in the Middle East has highlighted the need to \u201ctruly activate the European Union\u2019s mutual defense clause.\u201d Pointing to Greece\u2019s response to the Iranian attack on a British air base in Cyprus and the response of other European countries that followed, he said that he plans to raise the issue at the meeting and call for a \u201cclear roadmap on how we can turn what is essentially an informal activation of Article 42(7) into a solid institutional option available to European countries in the event of future attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second issue the Greek prime minister referred to was the response to the rising energy costs and supply disruptions since the start of the war, saying that this response \u201cmust be both national and European.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEurope must be prepared to address this crisis, with the primary goal of protecting European consumers \u2013 especially the most vulnerable \u2013 as well as European businesses, so that their competitiveness is not further undermined,\u201d Mitsotakis said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also urged his fellow European leaders to consider the bloc\u2019s response to the danger of a new immigration crisis triggered by the unrest in the Middle East.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis crisis must not, under any circumstances, lead Europe into a new migration crisis. The message must be absolutely clear: Europe cannot tolerate a repeat of the 2015 crisis. We are not at that point, but we must be prepared for all scenarios,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA clear message must therefore be sent from this European Council that Europe will protect its external borders and will not repeat the mistakes of the past,\u201d Mitsotakis added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"European Council President Antonio Costa (left) and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis talk during a formal meeting of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[104],"tags":[211,210,2916,13853,2271,24931,1158],"class_list":["post-43850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brussels","tag-belgium","tag-brussels","tag-conflict","tag-foreign-affairs","tag-iran","tag-kyriakos-mitsotakis","tag-politics"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116257059368043703","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}