{"id":20423,"date":"2026-08-28T16:23:41","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:23:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/pasok-calls-on-government-to-seek-eu-measures-over-turkish-provocations-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T16:23:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:23:41","slug":"pasok-calls-on-government-to-seek-eu-measures-over-turkish-provocations-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/pasok-calls-on-government-to-seek-eu-measures-over-turkish-provocations-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"PASOK Calls on Government to Seek EU Measures Over Turkish Provocations \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"S\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greece\u2019s main opposition PASOK party has called on the government to take immediate action at the European Union level following what it described as a serious escalation of Turkish provocations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement issued Friday, PASOK-Movement for Change (KINAL) urged the government to formally raise the issue with the EU and demand concrete measures and sanctions against Turkey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The party pointed to a serious incident involving the reported violation of the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near Alexandroupolis, close to the city\u2019s airport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to PASOK, the incident demonstrates the growing intensity of Turkish actions toward Greece and should not be treated as an isolated event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The opposition party also cited an increase in alleged violations of Greek airspace by Turkish aircraft and drones, alongside what it described as Ankara\u2019s increasingly aggressive and unlawful claims in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PASOK said these developments leave \u201cno room for illusions\u201d about the seriousness of the situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Greek government must immediately, clearly, and decisively expose Turkish provocation to the EU, demanding the adoption of measures and the imposition of sanctions,\u201d the PASOK-KINAL press office said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The party\u2019s intervention comes as Greek-Turkish tensions remain focused on airspace violations, drone activity and competing claims in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PASOK is calling for the European Union to take a more active role in addressing what it considers repeated Turkish challenges to Greece\u2019s sovereignty and security.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<div>\n\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\taegean sea, Alexandroupolis drone, Athens, Athens FIR, Eastern Mediterranean, EU sanctions, European Union, Greece Turkey relations, Greece Turkey tensions, Greek airspace, Greek government, Greek news, greek news today, PASOK, PASOK KINAL, Turkish drones, Turkish provocations\t<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"category_container author-information\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<section id=\"authorpage\" class=\"authorpage\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=164&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99ca06517608e7af44e9761bf7c358974ffbc4a43859fd8e5be6fc2f50d341af?s=328&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-164 photo lazyload\" height=\"164\" width=\"164\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-content\">\n<h5>Bill Giannopoulos<\/h5>\n<h4>Junior Editor<\/h4>\n<p>Bill Giannopoulos is a Junior Editor at Greek City Times, covering Greek and international news, sport, and history.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.gr\" class=\"boxed-icon fill\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa-solid fa-link\"\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/08\/29\/pasok-eu-measures-turkish-provocations-greece\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greece\u2019s main opposition PASOK party has called on the government to take immediate action at the European Union level following what it described as a serious escalation of Turkish provocations. In a statement issued Friday, PASOK-Movement for Change (KINAL) urged the government to formally raise the issue with the EU and demand concrete measures and &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"PASOK Calls on Government to Seek EU Measures Over Turkish Provocations \u2013 Greek City Times\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/28\/pasok-calls-on-government-to-seek-eu-measures-over-turkish-provocations-greek-city-times\/#more-20423\" aria-label=\"Read more about PASOK Calls on Government to Seek EU Measures Over Turkish Provocations \u2013 Greek City Times\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/pasok.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20423","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\/20423","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=20423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}