{"id":21032,"date":"2026-09-06T15:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/06\/there-is-no-woke-agenda-in-greece-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T15:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:36:14","slug":"there-is-no-woke-agenda-in-greece-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/06\/there-is-no-woke-agenda-in-greece-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"There is no \u2018woke agenda\u2019 in Greece \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"S\">\n<h4 id=\"h-prime-minister-kyriakos-mitsotakis-on-saturday-rejected-claims-that-his-government-is-advancing-a-woke-agenda-after-a-conservative-newspaper-reported-that-an-elective-primary-school-textbook-due-next-year-depicts-a-same-sex-household\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday rejected claims that his government is advancing a \u201cwoke agenda,\u201d after a conservative newspaper reported that an elective primary-school textbook due next year depicts a same-sex household.<\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at a press conference on the second day of the 90th Thessaloniki International Fair, he said: \u201cThere is no woke agenda in Greece, I want to be clear about it. And if anyone is defending it, it\u2019s not the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remarks followed criticism directed at Education Minister Sofia Zacharaki over approved teaching materials that will form part of Greece\u2019s multiple-textbook system. The books, which are not written by the ministry, are evaluated by independent committees and are scheduled for the 2027\u20132028 school year rather than the current one.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitsotakis stood by Zacharaki while leaving room for changes. \u201cIt is an achievement for the country that we have a multiple textbook option,\u201d he said. \u201cThe books are not written by the minister or the ministry. The books are evaluated by independent committees and if there is an error in a book or something that we consider to create an unjustified reaction, we will correct it. Have no doubt about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked whether he regretted legalizing same-sex marriage, he replied: \u201cLet\u2019s not confuse a legal initiative for marriage equality with excesses that we have actually seen in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added: \u201cLet\u2019s not try to invent new reasons to divide us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<div>\n\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\tcost of living Greece, ELAS Tsipras, Greek, Greek elections 2027, greek news now, greek news today, Greek opinion polls, Mitsotakis approval, New Democracy poll, PASOK polling, same-sex marriage greece, school textbooks Greece, Thessaloniki Fair 2026\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\/09\/07\/greek-opinion-polls-2026-nd-lead-mitsotakis\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday rejected claims that his government is advancing a \u201cwoke agenda,\u201d after a conservative newspaper reported that an elective primary-school textbook due next year depicts a same-sex household. Speaking at a press conference on the second day of the 90th Thessaloniki International Fair, he said: \u201cThere is no woke agenda &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"There is no \u2018woke agenda\u2019 in Greece \u2013 Greek City Times\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/06\/there-is-no-woke-agenda-in-greece-greek-city-times\/#more-21032\" aria-label=\"Read more about There is no \u2018woke agenda\u2019 in Greece \u2013 Greek City Times\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21033,"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\/2018\/09\/School-Classroom-Refurbishment-London-web-before-1-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21032","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\/21032","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=21032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}