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) |
Giorgos Kyrtsos (Greek: Γιώργος Κύρτσος) is a Greek politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament since 2014.[1]
Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present
[edit]In 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
[edit]In 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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