Mitsotakis: Europe once again 'taking a lead role' on climate emergency
The climate crisis was another major issued discussed at the European Council, with European leaders arriving at an agreement for a 55 pct reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 after 12 hours of gruelling negotiations, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday.
He noted that this succeeded in overcoming even the last objections of some member-states, so that Europe "was once again dynamically taking a lead role in this global effort."
Mitsotakis also referred to the "Oikonomo-Autonomo" programme announced in Greece two days ago, which has started running from Friday: "It is an extremely ambitious three-billion-euro programme that will allow more than 150,000 households to upgrade their houses' energy efficiency and and have lower electricity bills but also a better quality of life, creating many new jobs and supporting the domestic construction materials' market," he said.