In Athens
The image is new. A C-130 type airplane flying over the land border between Greece and Turkey. On board, Ursula von der Leyen, Charles Michel, David Sassoli, respectively President of the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament, as well as Andrej Plenkovic, the Croatian Prime Minister, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the European Union . A mini European summit all by itself, brought together at the initiative of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The Greek Prime Minister wanted to show the leaders of the European institutions the extent of the threat to which his country and de facto Europe are exposed. "This crisis concerns all of Europe" says Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, vice-
Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs.
For the past five days, and the “opening of the immigration gates” by Turkey, Greece has slowed down nearly 30,000 refugees and migrants. More than 1,800 people managed to get through the drastic device put in place by the authorities, with
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