“Especially you Macedonians know well that patriotism is not the shouts, the heavy slogans on TV windows. Do you know what patriotism is? Our Rafale that are already flying in the Greek skies. The upgraded F 16. The first F 35 which we expect two years from now. Yes, patriotism of responsibility is to be able to visit full of pride and indeed I think this was a special moment for all of us, the Frigate Kimon, the most modern ship right now in the Mediterranean, which is already tearing up the waters of the Aegean, with the blue and white on her mast.”

“It is no coincidence that we chose today, May 9, Europe Day, because it is a coincidence that the party founded by Constantine Karamanlis is at the forefront of developments on our continent, at the forefront of our national defence, our strategic autonomy, at the forefront of a unified immigration policy, based on our own Greek national positions, the front line for actions that are already making our country an energy centre of international European strategic importance, and especially here in the north, you know it well, there were no more inexpensive promises”, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed at the beginning of his speech at the 6th Thessaloniki Pre-Conference, entitled “Strong Greece”.