New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for calm and restraint after the result of the British referendum on Friday, adding it is a very difficult day for Europe.
Mitsotakis, who is visiting the island of Syros, said the result of the vote will clearly be respected but noted it also “forces everyone to look in the mirror” and see why the vision of European integration does not seem to attract European citizens anymore.
“We should turn this major challenge into an opportunity for Europe. Europe needs today more than ever, a new political narrative, which will be able to rejoin the idea of European integration to the daily life of citizens,” he said, adding this is the only way to bridge the gap between European and national policies and citizens who feel that the European project does not concern them anymore to the extent that concerned them in the past.
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