Ex-PM Karamanlis says EU must take initiative for swift end to Ukraine war:

In a rare public speech Wednesday, former Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis denounced the Russian aggression in Ukraine, as well as Turkey’s aggressive regional posture.

Speaking at an event organized by women’s NGO Panathinaiki on the theme “Greece and Europe in the vortex of great changes,” the former (2004-9) PM said Turkey has chosen to play the regional troublemaker and chided those who continue to treat Greece and Turkey the same. Everyone understood he was referring to the EU and the US.

Karamanlis also said that compromising with Turkey and admitting to debate its demands should not be on the cards, although he hastened to note that this was not a dig at anyone’s patriotism.