Androulakis calls for more EU transparency, solidarity and an 'investment repatriation' fund

Opposition PASOK-KINAL leader Nikos Androulakis on Thursday participated in a Party of European Socialists (PES) pre-summit meeting. In a statement, he noted that "in the last five years, the European Union had undergone major ordeals: the pandemic, the energy crisis, inflation, the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East," while adding that "these must make us wiser and we must choose people with competence for European institutions, such as the former prime minister of Portugal, Antonio Costa."
He noted the need for policies with greater transparency and solidarity, which will support the big social issues, such as the housing crisis affecting younger generations, the public health system and the common foreign and defence policy, calling these "foremost issues for all European countries in the periphery". He also called for a "European Economic Sovereignty" fund that will repatriate investments by third countries in Europe for greater competitiveness and better jobs.