The Prime Minister’s speech at Thessaloniki – 2024

On 7th September, Kyriakos Mitsotakis made his annual speech as Prime Minister at the International Fair in Thessaloniki. This is a traditional event at which the leader of the government in power aims to explain its past actions and set out its vision for the future. With his government reelected by a handsome majority in 2023 and the prospect of three uninterrupted years to carry out its future plans, Mr Mitsotakis was relieved of the need to justify his position and was able to concentrate on a catalogue of the changes introduced in the past 15 months, and to articulate a wide-ranging vision for a country which will be “more just and productive, more social, greener, more digital” by the end of his current term in 2027.

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Speech of Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the 87th Thessaloniki International Fair

The annual International Fair held every autumn in Thessaloniki is traditionally the occasion of a keynote speech by the Prime Minister, highlighting the achievements of the past year and outlining the government’s plans and ambitions for the next. Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s speech at the 87th Thessaloniki International Fair this year was unusual for a couple of reasons.

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