Greece ‘s main opposition leader Vangelis Meimarakis, the temporary head of New Democracy called for the foundation of a European coast guard to patrol the European Union’s borders, while addressing a European People’s Party (EPP) conference in Madrid, on Thursday.
“We cannot have joint guarding of European borders with countries that are not part of Europe. This creates an issue. And for this reason, we asked that there be a European coast guard. And for Greece to simultaneously undertake the guarding of its borders with the help, of course, of Europe,” Meimarakis said.
In meetings with leaders of European parties at the EPP, Meimarakis also made it clear that the issue of migration flows was primarily a humanitarian issue and an international issue that must be dealt with on this basis.
(source: ana-mpa)
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