Giorgos Kyrtsos (Greek: Γιώργος Κύρτσος) is a Greek politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014.[1]
Giorgos Kyrtsos | |
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| Member of the European Parliament for Greece | |
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| Born | 4 June 1952 Athens, Greece |
| Political party | European People's Party (2019–2022) Renew Europe (2022–2023) |
Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present
editIn parliament, Kyrtsos has been serving on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs since 2014. In 2019, he also joined the Committee on Foreign Affairs.[2]
In addition to his committee assignments, Kyrtsos has been part of the Parliament's delegations for relations with the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (2014–2019) and with the Arab Peninsula (since 2019).[3]
Kyrtsos was expelled from New Democracy on 18 February 2022 following his criticism of the government of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for curtailing press freedom.[4][failed verification] On 4 May 2022, he left the EPP and joined Renew Europe.[5][6]
Political positions
editIn 2019, Kyrtsos publicly endorsed policy proposals put forward by Greek Solution founder Kyriakos Velopoulos according which illegal immigrants to Greece are to be sent to remote, uninhabited islands to await deportation.[7]
In November 2021, Kyrtsos joined a group of seven Members of the European Parliament led by Raphaël Glucksmann to Taiwan to send a strong signal in support of the self-ruling island, despite a threat of retaliation from China.[8]
In 2022, Kyrtsos and his colleague Markus Ferber tabled several amendments to paragraphs relating to the European Central Bank's climate strategy in a report by the Parliament, criticizing ECB President Christine Lagarde's plan to take greater account of the environment in core policy decisions as a "distraction" from the bank's duty to tame inflation.[9]
References
edit- ^ His MEP profile
- ^ Giorgos Kyrtsos European Parliament.
- ^ Giorgos Kyrtsos European Parliament.
- ^ ND expels MEP Kyrtsos - e-Kathimerini
- ^ "Νέα Δημοκρατία: Πώς η αλλαγή «ευρωομάδας» από τον Γιώργο Κύρτσο δημιουργεί πολιτικές εξελίξεις", ΤΟ ΠΟΝΤΙΚΙ, 5 May 2022
- ^ "Μέλος της πολιτικής ομάδας Renew Europe ο Γιώργος Κύρτσος", Documento, 4 May 2022
- ^ Nektaria Stamouli (26 September 2019), The unorthodox Greek Politico Europe.
- ^ Sarah Anne Aarup and Stuart Lau (November 2, 2021), MEPs set to land in Taiwan on Tuesday, defying Beijing Politico Europe.
- ^ Francesco Canepa (14 February 2022), ECB faces backlash over green strategy 'distraction' from inflation fight Reuters.
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