Under SYRIZA, Knossos was under the control of Thomsen, while under Mitsotakis it went to UNESCO, said Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou in response to SYRIZA-PS President Socrates Famellos.
“You accuse us of protecting public property” when SYRIZA government minister Euclid Tsakalotos had taken a decision to transfer to the Ypertafond 10.119 properties of the state, of which 2,330 were monuments and archaeological sites, Papastavrou said, calling it a “disgrace of shame”. “Let me tell you some of these monuments. Knossos. The royal tombs of Vergina. The tomb of Leonidas. The Cape of Santorini. The archaeological site of Elefsina. All these monuments. The protectors of public property. All these monuments were given to the Superfund. And only when the archaeologists reacted did they return them back. […] Under SYRIZA, Knossos went under the control of Thomsen. And under Mitsotakis it has gone to UNESCO. And it has been declared a World Heritage Site,” Papastavrou stressed.
In response to Mr. Pappastavrou said: “Seriously, are you talking to me about the rule of law, about the instrumentalisation of justice against political opponents, about plans by Maximou against opponents, are you talking to me? How many of the five years you took from my life were accidental? The judicial assistance that was omitted from the case file and suddenly found, was it accidental? Honourable gentlemen of the Syriza opposition. Disgraceful. That is all I have to say.”
For action, Mr. Papastavrou said that in 2019, SYRIZA had the most expensive wholesale electricity price in Europe. Europe had 45-46 and you had 63. As we speak today, in 2026, Europe’s average is 100 and we are 95. 46-63, that is 40% above, 65% above Germany, we are 100-94 below the average and we are competing with Germany. You say, the wholesale okay. In wholesale you are right. Let’s say you’re right. When the others had 45, we had 63- 50% above. What to do. What about the consumer? In the consumer, SYRIZA had 19% below average. New Democracy in short, 21% below average. And at the same time, remember that our country, under SYRIZA, had 6.3 gigawatts of renewables. 6,3. And now we have 18. And of those 18, 9.2 of those 18 are in the TEN. Which means in medium and low voltage. Which means 80 to 90 thousand small to medium producers. That is energy democracy, the Minister of Environment and Energy said.
He even noted that in 12 months, from last year to now, 3 gigawatts of renewable resources have been added. “In one year, the 50 per cent that SYRIZA had put in,” he said.
