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00:03:21midterm elections in America, and that's how we'll start,
00:03:24because we have a new era in American power, which
00:03:28seems to have first stormed the castles of the new Republicans, and now the
00:03:31diverse figures will compete for the identity of the
00:03:34Democratic party, with their eyes naturally set on the presidential elections of
00:03:382028. Now, from the construction site of the new
00:03:41hall of the White House, at the construction sites of the new
00:03:44ballroom in the White House, this is the point Trump chose to
00:03:48address journalists, to make his first
00:03:52words, and he proceeded with these statements at a time when the
00:03:56Republicans are counting their losses. In the midterm elections, they have lost control of the
00:03:59Congress, something that makes Trump at this moment almost legislatively
00:04:03paralyzed, meaning he will have a "no", someone saying "no" to him
00:04:07at this moment. What did Trump say then? Instead of focusing on the defeat of
00:04:10his party, he chose initially to defend the construction of the new
00:04:14ballroom, which he described as unique, yes,
00:04:17it's his work, yes, he has bet on this, it's the work he will leave
00:04:21behind, he will say that as president I left this great ballroom, very
00:04:25nice, just the... it's the first phrase he said after the results
00:04:28of the midterm elections, his defeat, so that comment really impressed
00:04:32me, I kept that, but what Niko and I were discussing before we came out
00:04:36is his other comment, that he recognized that the war in
00:04:39Iran played a role in the Republicans' defeat, but what did he
00:04:43say, what did he argue? That the decision for the US involvement was necessary,
00:04:47it was worth the trouble and he would do it again, yes,
00:04:51alright, however, I hear yesterday and in the report, gradually, that there are
00:04:54seconds. That's what I wanted to tell Michalis, we'll see him
00:04:57later today, that if Trump, who says he
00:05:12doesn't disclaim responsibility and it's not our defeat, then why did he
00:05:16set up victory celebrations, then why did he put tables in the White House,
00:05:19was it a random Wednesday when everyone was
00:05:23eating together, he was waiting to win, he bet that the polls would be wrong again,
00:05:26so don't disclaim the defeat afterwards, it's that in the good times, yes, in the
00:05:29bad times, however, now the constitutional balance is interesting,
00:05:33because one will say no, the other yes, where will they find it? The proposal
00:05:36will be valid and will pass, very difficult, it's
00:05:39interesting, so, let's go to our own matters here, because
00:05:43yesterday, relatively our own matters that concern us, the Commission sent
00:05:47a, issued a formal
00:05:50report on the accession process of
00:05:54Ankara to the Union, so it characterized the Turkish-Libyan
00:05:57memorandum as null and void, this was the
00:06:00Commission's opinion, officially that is, it
00:06:03reiterates that this agreement violates. Greece
00:06:07emphasized the continued obstruction by
00:06:10Turkey of the electrical
00:06:15interconnection project between Greece and Cyprus, which is very important because it is a European project, these are two
00:06:18European countries that will be connected
00:06:21and said that Turkey's positions on
00:06:25the Turkish-Libyan memorandum are unfounded, and Turkey even responded
00:06:28to this, saying that Europe supports
00:06:32Greece's maximalist positions. We also had the letter
00:06:35to the UN, which was now delivered to the UN Secretary-General.
00:06:38Greece emphasizes in a written letter that the illegal Turkish-Libyan
00:06:42memorandum completely ignores the existence of Greek islands, we see the
00:06:45maps, it's a unanimous condemnation, but now it's also officially
00:06:49in statements, meaning written statements, official ones that
00:06:51Ankara likes, just like Turkey used to say "do it, but just inform us in writing first,
00:06:54then inform us", in writing, in writing here, so,
00:06:58let's go now. the size, when it became known,
00:07:01we were really scared because we had serious incidents in Zografou,
00:07:05about 50 hooded figures stormed a student
00:07:09assembly, attacked with batons and crowbars,
00:07:17threw Molotov cocktails, an
00:07:2018-year-old student, kids, caught
00:07:24fire, suffered serious burns, while two
00:07:28others were injured, a murderous invasion, according to his own words. And how, how can you not
00:07:31speak about such a thing, we repeat, three injured, kids, they entered with
00:07:34axes, with Molotov cocktails, with crowbars, ah,
00:07:37I mean, okay, that's not how you make your
00:07:40revolution, that's not how you make your statement,
00:07:43by injuring fellow students, I don't know if the
00:07:46hooded figures were students,
00:07:49but I mean, how do you do that by entering, harming young people who are studying
00:07:52there, you don't make a revolution that way, that's not a revolution, and
00:07:55especially in a discussion now among students, no,
00:07:59no, no. You know you'll have problems there, you go to cause
00:08:02incidents, you go to cause harm, it's not possible.
00:08:05Yes, so, also in our politics, because it seems that the
00:08:09big dispute over corruption continues, at high tones, the thermometer
00:08:11rose yesterday with the announcement made by the Greek Left in the party, it spoke of
00:08:15"barking", now this term is not very
00:08:18appropriate, you want to claim a central
00:08:22role, you want to do a rebranding, as
00:08:26Hellas did, as Alexis Tsipras did, the word "barking".
00:08:29is not very appropriate, okay, in, in, in an official statement at least,
00:08:32we haven't seen it before, so, okay, you understand that it refers to specific
00:08:35people, they have lost the pop, what is official and what is unofficial
00:08:38in general, meaning what we were saying, that from
00:08:42their extensive exposure to television, with appearances, with
00:08:46social media and all that, they have lost where the private Niko
00:08:49ends and the politician Niko begins, you understand, okay, however,
00:08:53all this comes and the case file sent by
00:08:56Kyriakos Velopoulos arrived in Parliament yesterday. other parties, we'll see, because
00:08:59we'll probably have more fuel to the fire of confrontation, yes, that's
00:09:03how it looks, so, let's start with the topic of the day, because one of the
00:09:06main topics of the day is the American elections, it's the next
00:09:09day, it's the new era in American power,
00:09:20what happened, first the castles of the Republicans crumbled and now these
00:09:24diverse figures we were talking about, because we also have some important firsts,
00:09:27as we said, the first black woman in Georgia,
00:09:31the first openly gay man, there are many, many, many
00:09:34things, also Greeks, Greek diaspora who entered
00:09:38like this, we repeat that the official White House Facebook account made a
00:09:42critical comment which addresses the result of the midterm
00:09:46elections and at this moment the figures who will compete for the
00:09:50identity of the Democratic party naturally have their eyes set, as does all of
00:09:54America, on the presidential elections of 28.
00:09:57We just took back Texas.
00:10:00and the man who brought down the Republican castle 38
00:10:04whole years later, was born just 12 months
00:10:08later. The first Muslim senator
00:10:11is a fact, he is
00:10:19Abdi, and he holds
00:10:20Michigan for the Democrats.
00:11:25Historic upset in Kansas, the Democrats elect for the first time
00:11:29in 94 years a senator, it is
00:11:32Pastor Adam
00:11:38Hamilton. And as Donald Trump licks his
00:11:40wounds, one state after another continues to fall into the hands of the
00:11:43Democrats, with Iowa
00:11:50locking in the final result in the
00:11:54Senate. The red dominance is broken, the Democratic
00:11:58victory in Congress will change
00:11:59the last two years of
00:12:07Trump's presidential term, the Americans with their vote reminded
00:12:11him that he is now politically mortal.
00:12:15North Carolina. South Carolina.
00:12:17Ohio.
00:12:21It was a walk in the park for the Democratic camp and
00:12:25Georgia. Americans voted and
00:12:28punished Donald. And now everyone is waiting for the
00:12:32next day that dawns in the
00:12:33United States of
00:12:39America. So, let's go to what
00:12:43Niko was saying earlier about the many
00:12:46diaspora Greeks, we are proud of this. The reports started, you know,
00:12:49they went to Elassona,
00:12:52to the birthplace of Chris Papas, who is the most indicative, let's say,
00:12:55election. Senator after 13 years, if I'm not mistaken.
00:12:58A Greek. Okay, in a big
00:13:00state in America. It's
00:13:03very honorable, I think. Okay, yes, he has a round.
00:13:06writing history.
00:13:0946-year-old Chris Pappas is the first Greek-American to be elected to the
00:13:13Senate after 14 years, as well as the first openly
00:13:16gay man in the history of the body.
00:13:20Pappas is one of the most active expatriates in promoting Greek
00:13:23issues, and in his hometown of
00:13:38Livadi Elassonas, only
00:13:38pride prevails.
00:13:44emotion because he is a Livadiotis in the
00:13:48US Senate. A significant victory for the diaspora
00:13:52in Florida. The 63-year-old MP of
00:14:02and Jimmy Patronis strengthening in Congress the block that opposes
00:14:06the sale of military equipment to Turkey. Nicole
00:14:09Malliotakis, the 45-year-old Republican, secured her fourth
00:14:12consecutive term in the House of Representatives in New
00:14:15York. She is of
00:14:17Cretan origin and strongly supports Greece's national issues in Congress,
00:14:20taking a stand on Greek-Turkish
00:14:23relations and the sale of
00:14:42F-35s to Turkey. For her 9th term,
00:14:4576-year-old Democratic MP Dina Titus was re-elected in
00:14:48Nevada, while 40-year-old Democratic MP Maggie
00:14:52Hassan retained her seat in New Hampshire. At the same time, Democrat
00:14:55Alexi Giannoulias, by securing 64.5% of the
00:14:58votes, secured a new four-year term in Illinois.
00:15:02You understand, so we also have a personal interest now,
00:15:04in American
00:15:07politics. So, let's go now to what Niko was saying earlier, it really
00:15:11is the annual report of the Commission, it is a. it is a slap in the face for Ankara,
00:15:14I would characterize it as such, we will see, we will also see Manolis Kostidis officially later, it is
00:15:18now written, as they say, and what is written remains, we will say
00:15:21good morning to Eirini Kavasiadi, hello Eirini, good morning,
00:15:26and we had a strong reaction from Ankara to the null and
00:15:29void and illegal Turkish-Libyan memorandum, precisely,
00:15:33as you said, in the annual report of the Commission,
00:15:37three yellow cards are given to Turkey on three key issues,
00:15:40firstly, the Turkish-Libyan memorandum which has been ratified by the Parliament of
00:15:51third countries and does not comply with the law of the sea, on the
00:15:54other hand, it records Turkey's casus belli, that is, the
00:15:58threats of war, having openly violated
00:16:01the airspace and territorial waters of Greece, especially this year,
00:16:05more so than last
00:16:07year, and it also records the electrical interconnection between
00:16:11Greece and Cyprus, in which the Commission has invested
00:16:15a lot of money in the energy sector
00:16:18and which Turkey is obstructing by creating
00:16:21obstacles. On its part, Greece also
00:16:24sent a letter to the UN regarding
00:16:27the Turkish-Libyan memorandum, let's say at this point.
00:16:31So, Greece has made moves in all diplomatic fields regarding
00:16:35this issue. Which also started from the Prime Minister, who for
00:16:38the first time did what he did. the tactical logic of Greek
00:16:41politics, but he did it, we saw it, so maybe it started from there
00:16:45as well, it was the beginning, it was the beginning, of course, well, it's
00:16:48a strong diplomatic effort in all forums, Greece
00:16:50takes advantage of the platform it has, okay, and now especially for the cable, now the
00:16:54Commission, which made a special reference and funded it, as Irene said, and it is to
00:16:57start very soon, so we are
00:17:00ready. Let's also see the reaction of Ankara, because it was
00:17:03immediate and it was harsh, exactly, it
00:17:13rejects all these
00:17:16elements of the report, it
00:17:20states that these claims are unfounded,
00:17:23that the positions are illegal and maximalist, and that
00:17:27Europe has double standards on this issue.
00:17:31Now, let's also mention that the Commission,
00:17:34in its other report, also refers to
00:17:38North Macedonia, so,
00:17:42which was released today, which states that government members and
00:17:45senior officials sometimes disregard the Prespes Agreement,
00:17:48avoiding the use of the constitutional name of the country, North
00:17:52Macedonia, so let's keep that in mind, and that they warn that this
00:17:55practice, we read, will affect good neighborly relations, obviously
00:17:59this, okay, this is. the logical and
00:18:03next step, we keep it, Niko is right about that, these were objections
00:18:07that were heard when the Prespes Agreement came about, okay, however, it is
00:18:09a crucial factor for North Macedonia to join the
00:18:13European Union, and Eirini, thank you very much, good morning,
00:18:17hello, my Eirini, good morning, so,
00:18:20we are on time, otherwise we won't even go, we are very much on time, we are very well
00:18:24on time, we will say good morning to Sky radio,
00:18:27to the listeners of Sky 100.3, to our good colleague
00:18:30Dimitris Gianiris who. never mind, I was talking to Lena Flizani, so
00:18:34we had a good distribution, because kids, alright, you understand, hello
00:18:38Dimitris, we are good, we are good, how are
00:18:42you? We were fine here, we were presenting
00:19:57such announcements with phrases like "shut up" or "stop
00:20:01barking" and all that, it's the first time then that we see such
00:20:04announcements, such an announcement which obviously does not do anyone any good
00:20:07here, we also have the greetings of Mr. Economou as he comes
00:20:11into the studio, so then.
00:20:14I believe that
00:20:17we can answer as the manifesto, the newspaper, answers
00:20:21today, reminding and coming back a little earlier, Thursdays,
00:20:24because you remember, on Thursdays the new movies come out in the
00:20:28cinemas, Mr. Tsipras tells us today is titled "Look Who's
00:20:31Talking", so this could have
00:20:35been the movie that we could have said, or the
00:20:39one that says, let me ask you something, your opinion, I mean, purely your opinion, I want
00:20:42this, do you believe.
00:20:51presence on social media, in videos, on TikTok,
00:20:55on television, continuously on radio, have they lost
00:20:57somewhere where their speech begins as Alexi, let's say, and as
00:21:01Tsipras as a politician, meaning they no longer know
00:21:04or Mr. Adonis, let's say, Georgiadis, yes, that they have lost their formality,
00:21:08it's something, yes, obviously, obviously,
00:21:11in everyday life and in this.
00:21:15I'm not saying they shouldn't talk, I'm not saying they shouldn't express themselves,
00:21:19the point is that there should be, they have
00:21:22lost where they speak in their capacity as politicians,
00:21:26obviously the pressure they receive, the pressure
00:21:30of the audience that exists, which I don't
00:21:33know, we train it anyway, it's also a problem, how we train our
00:21:37audience, on the other hand, however, you see
00:21:40that Mr. and the...
00:21:44to take off your hat or to be Mr. Son, the only Mr. and whatever else
00:21:47Madam, again also the politically correct, if
00:21:51you want us to say it in Greek, again you see that you have from the other side, from
00:21:55any side, unfortunately, there is this,
00:21:58shall we say, I dare to say all these things, so announcements and such
00:22:00things rather resemble Trumpism and all these things that Trump does,
00:22:04I mean, there was no way another party that, I'm saying, has
00:22:07governed, to issue an official announcement "shut up" to an
00:22:11elected government. To say "shut up", however it is, however, everyone needs
00:22:14great caution before speaking, before writing, before making
00:22:18a video, to perhaps think twice
00:22:22before speaking, and then whatever their mind tells them to say and to
00:22:25reply or write anything else, and we have a very, very
00:22:29long way to go. Well, yes, but
00:22:32especially written statements, like this particular one, have been worked on, because
00:22:36in spoken language something might slip out, it's not
00:22:40right, but you can retract it, and still it will remain, even
00:22:44spoken now. something else, you can say a word too many, let's
00:22:47accept it in a context which one can accept that
00:22:50something can indeed be said, on the other hand, it is still not
00:22:54justified, but on the other hand, something official which you
00:22:57write and reread to see if it is correct, if it has the commas and all that, and
00:23:01you tell the press office of Hellas "send this",
00:23:04so it has a very big impact. a very big result, and it produces
00:23:08results, and it produces and produces an example
00:23:12for others and for young people, but also for younger people who say "why should we
00:23:15bother with all these, let's go to the internet and Instagram and
00:23:18TikTok and leave everything
00:23:28else". Yes, no, it's this, I think this is the most important thing of all that Dimitris
00:23:32says, because every time we see in the polls people who don't go to vote, and basically,
00:23:36kids, the majority of them are young people, the young person who, where
00:23:39young people need to take politics into their own hands and
00:23:43show. It will be Mr. Mitsotakis,
00:23:46both as Prime Minister and as president of New Democracy for the KEDE conference, he will have
00:23:50a different program, it will be Mr. Androulakis there, also with
00:23:53everything, Mr. Androulakis with a program that also has to do with young people, he will
00:23:57speak with young people and everything with youth and with people who
00:24:01have the future ahead of them, so everyone at KEDE, because
00:24:04the mayors and the local government have votes and
00:24:07also people who should listen, and for New Democracy
00:24:11obviously, and for Mr. Mitsotakis, it is Mr. Samaras's prerogative, where I don't
00:24:15know exactly what he is doing, because I don't think things are going very well
00:24:18for Mr. Samaras in his hometown either, but this is
00:24:27something that will be confirmed if and when he forms the party, because
00:24:30probably, from what I don't think he can do it, but however it is,
00:24:34however, my personal, my personal opinion, I think he will eventually form the
00:24:38party, but beyond that it will become clear what exactly
00:24:41will happen, and obviously it has. it is important that the Prime Minister
00:24:45will go down to Castro, it is
00:24:48exactly what we have from this day, I have two very nice things for you,
00:24:52I have two very nice things for you today, first of all, in
00:24:551935, the Parker Brothers, I think we have all
00:24:59played with this, they released the
00:25:03Monopoly board game today, while the other negative
00:25:07event for our country, in 1956, a
00:25:10survey was published where, truly, Niko, it also matches with this. what we were talking about, and it's
00:25:13something we need to look at regarding social networks, and all that,
00:25:16it's a survey then, in 1956 it came to light, which says that
00:25:20two million Greeks don't know how to sign their name.