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Greece should not be burdened with the task of managing migration for the European Union, or be accused of not saving people at sea, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday, a month after a deadly shipwreck.

I have begun to wonder whether the term "extreme right" is the most suitable one for us to understand the wide range of politics adopted by significant sections of the population and which include radical, conservative (reactionary) concepts, extreme nationalism and nativism, the rejection of experts and institutions, suspicion towards local and foreign elites, and antagonism towards migrants a

"We will not give a vote of confidence to the government…we will be the reliable opposition the people need," socialist leader Nikos Androulakis said Saturday during the debate on the government's policy statement.

Androulakis' PASOK party came third in the June 25 election, with 11.84% of the vote, electing 32 MPs in the 300-member Greek Parliament.

The formation of a government in Greece with a comfortable majority in parliament will strengthen the country's economic stability, help the implementation of reforms and see Greece's sovereign bonds return to investment grade very soon, benefitting the national economy further, analysts told Xinhua.

The importance of close cooperation between the United States and Greece, as well as the upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius, was the topic of a phone conversation between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Friday.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday presented the key pillars of a program aimed at modernization and reducing inequalities. 

It is now up to his ministers to further elaborate on this plan by providing specific reforms, tangible measures, and well-defined timelines. 

This is the mandate that the government has received: to proceed swiftly and boldly. 

The election result proved that Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his aides are better than their rivals at reading society. That is why, with the winner's large bonus in seats, New Democracy enjoys a comfortable majority in Parliament, where the prime minister on Thursday announced his government's policy for the next four years. 

The government intends to put an end to the "unbearable insanity" where Greece has no private universities in Greece, Minister of State Makis Voridis has said.

In an interview with Real FM, Voridis discussed the recent announcements by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Parliament regarding private third level education.

Greece's newly appointed defense minister has welcomed a de-escalation of tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, expressing hope this would lead to a "climate of trust" without directly referring to Turkey.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will outline the key policies and targets for his government's second four-year term in Parliament, in a three-day debate that will start on Thursday.

Mitsotakis will open the debate at 5 p.m.