{"id":15060,"date":"2026-04-26T03:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T03:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/pm-says-greek-french-ties-a-model-for-eu\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T03:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T03:37:30","slug":"pm-says-greek-french-ties-a-model-for-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/pm-says-greek-french-ties-a-model-for-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"PM says Greek-French ties a model for EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Greece\u2019s relationship with France is the strongest with any of its 26 partners in the European Union, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said at the close of French President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s visit to Athens Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe two countries are closer than ever, politically, strategically, financially, educationally, culturally,\u201d Mitsotakis said during a joint appearance at a Greek-French financial forum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say that this model of cooperation is perhaps the most advanced form of strategic relationship Greece has developed with any EU member,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Greek PM argued that cooperation between Athens and Paris \u201ccan essentially serve as a model for the ways in which Europe as a whole could move.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Macron praised Greece\u2019s financial recovery after the 2009-2018 debt crisis, and highlighted the strength of bilateral economic ties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 200 French companies that employ more than 17,000 people are in Greece,\u201d he said. \u201cInvestments in Greece constantly increase and have exceeded \u20ac2 billion in the fields of defense, artificial intelligence, infrastructure and renewables.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On his departure from Athens, Macron posted a video on X with scenes from his visit and added: \u201cIf your sovereignty is at risk, do what you have to do for you. We will be here,\u201d in reference to the two countries\u2019 renewed defense pact.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/foreign-policy\/1302017\/pm-says-greek-french-ties-a-model-for-eu\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece\u2019s relationship with France is the strongest with any of its 26 partners in the European Union, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said at the close of French President Emmanuel Macron\u2019s visit to Athens Saturday. \u201cThe two countries are closer than ever, politically, strategically, financially, educationally, culturally,\u201d Mitsotakis said during a joint appearance at a Greek-French &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"PM says Greek-French ties a model for EU\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/pm-says-greek-french-ties-a-model-for-eu\/#more-15060\" aria-label=\"Read more about PM says Greek-French ties a model for EU\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/5155473-960x600.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}