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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-11-20
CONTENTS
[01] Commissioner Moscovici welcomes Greek vote on prior actions
[02] Refugee plight on Lesvos 'not a Greek problem,' EU Commissioner
Andriukaitis says
[01] Commissioner Moscovici welcomes Greek vote on prior actions
European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Pierre
Moscovici welcomed the Greek parliament's approval of the prior actions
bill in a tweet on Thursday evening , saying it is "another step forward"
for the country
"Tonight's vote in Athens [is] another step forward for Greece. We will
assess with other institutions and report to EWG tomorrow," Moscovici
tweeted.
[02] Refugee plight on Lesvos 'not a Greek problem,' EU Commissioner
Andriukaitis says
"The things I saw in Skala Sykamnias are not a Greek problem. They are my
personal problem as a European citizen, as a human being, as a politician
of our common homeland of Europe," European Commissioner for Health and
Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis said in statements to the ANA-MPA on
Thursday, while visiting the island of Lesvos in the northeast Aegean
The Commissioner stressed the need for "urgent solutions now" to address
the disastrous plight of refugees arriving on the island and to help
Greece cope with the crisis, while praising the volunteers and island
residents for their efforts to assist the desperate refugees as they
alighted.
"The state that I saw here cannot exist in any part of the European
Union. It offends us as Europe, it offends us as human beings," he added
after visiting the coast where most of the illegal refugees come ashore
after making the crossing from Turkey.
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