{"id":15100,"date":"2026-04-27T00:44:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/mitsotakis-hails-greece-france-deal-as-new-phase-in-partnership\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T00:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T00:44:44","slug":"mitsotakis-hails-greece-france-deal-as-new-phase-in-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/27\/mitsotakis-hails-greece-france-deal-as-new-phase-in-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitsotakis hails Greece-France deal as \u2018new phase\u2019 in partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1302031\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mitsotakis_web-1-320x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mitsotakis_web-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mitsotakis hails Greece-France deal as \u2018new phase\u2019 in partnership\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/mitsotakis_web-1-960x600.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday said Greece\u2019s upgraded strategic partnership with France marks a deepening of bilateral ties across defense, economic and technological sectors following the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Athens.<\/p>\n<p>In his weekly social media post, Mitsotakis said the agreement \u201cconfirms the strategic choice we made in 2021 to strengthen Greece-France relations, turning it into a strong, multi-level alliance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He described the new \u201cEnhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership\u201d as broad in scope, covering defense and security as well as the economy, civil protection, migration, technology, environment, education and culture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a wide strategic agreement that further deepens relations and creates new opportunities, from artificial intelligence to cybersecurity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mitsotakis said the renewed defense cooperation reinforces deterrence and strengthens Greece\u2019s geopolitical position in the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreece and France are EU and NATO members, but also a strong axis in the Mediterranean,\u201d he said, citing cooperation on support for Cyprus as an example of European solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the partnership aligns with efforts to promote a more autonomous and competitive Europe capable of acting with confidence in an uncertain global environment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/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\/1302031\/greece-france-deepen-strategic-partnership-after-macron-visit\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday said Greece\u2019s upgraded strategic partnership with France marks a deepening of bilateral ties across defense, economic and technological sectors following the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Athens. 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