The PM's promises come following the widespread criticism over the response to recent natural disasters as Greece has been grappling with wildfires and floods.
"Greece is facing a war in a time of peace," Mitsotakis said in his Thessaloniki International Fair keynote speech on Saturday. / PHOTO: Reuters
The promises could reinvigorate the image of his newly elected government that has been tarnished by footage of residents taking refuge on their roofs in desperate need of rescue as rising waters engulfed poorly prepared regions. "Over a two-week period, we experienced the worst wildfire and the worst floods in our history," he added.
The country was already grappling with"the biggest fire ever recorded in the EU", according to a European Commission spokesman, in the northeast region of Evros bordering Turkey.
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