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14/09/2025 | 13:30
PM Mitsotakis: Chevron recognizes Greece’s energy, geopolitical role in E. Mediterranean
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to important developments in energy issues after Chevron’s offer in the international tender on hydrocarbon exploration, the tax measures he announced at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), and the renovations of schools based on the ‘Marietta Giannakou’ program among other issues in his weekly review of government work on social media on Sunday, the first after TIF.
Speaking about the collaboration of Chevron – the second largest American petroleum company – with Helleniq Energy in the international tender for 4 sea blocs south of Crete and the Peloponnes, PM Mitsotakis said this “does not simply open a new chapter in the exploitation of Greece’s undersea energy resources and its energy autonomy,” but also provides “a practically powerful message of recognition of Greece’s energy and geopolitical importance in the East Mediterranean, as well as a de facto recognition of Greece’s indisputable sovereign rights in its territorial waters south of Crete.”
The path to exploiting Greece’s mineral wealth began with the Maniatis law in 2012-2014, he added, and the current government’s methodical planning from 2020 “brought this result which, I reiterate, exceeds the extent of an investment project.”
Tax, safety issues
Speaking of the measures he announced at TIF to lighten the taxation burden, he said the measures “will affect positively at least 4 million taxpayers, and are worth over 1.7 billion euros, to which we should add the permanent interventions of 1.5 billion euros that were announced already a few months ago, when the state budget was voted, with most of these going into effect as of this coming November.” The measures were possible due to the economy’s overperformance, resulting from “difficult but necessary reforms.”
One of the most important of measures, a new one in the Metapolitefsi (post-1974), is “the exemption of young people up to 25 years old from taxes,” the premier said, which will provide young people the opportunity to enter the market or become entrepreneurs with more freedom and self-confidence. “In addition, we turned over to public consultation four great reforms – national high school graduation certificate, a new National Health System, updated land planning with a full land registry, and the new energy map,” Mitsotakis said, adding that these changes need wider political agreements to move on for society.
Additionally, the Greek PM referred to basic changes in the Hellenic Raiways Organization (OSE) to improve passenger safety, the high response of Greeks working on trains abroad to openings in the Greek railroad via a related platform, and the permanent 24-hour operation of the Athens Metro, tram, and buses every Saturday, facilitating the return of young people from an evening out and of those working night shifts for a safe return home.
Mitsotakis wrapped up his post by honoring the Remembrance Day for the Genocide of Asia Minor Greeks.
Source: ANA – MPA
