His phone call Nikos Dendias in Vangelis Meimarakis to him congratulates which led to the vote on the resolution condemning Turkey, it wasn't business as usual. Of course, the head of the New Democracy Eurogroup had indeed scored a diplomatic victory, since, according to many, yesterday's decision by the European Parliament This paves the way for sanctions against Turkey ahead of the summit on December 10 and 11. However, the two men have developed a «warm» relationship, so to speak, that stretches from the past into the future: in other words, Meimarakis reportedly «saw» Dendias as his successor to the New Democracy party presidency. Of course, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has intervened—and continues to… intervene. However, whenever the discussion about the leadership of New Democracy reopens and if Dendias decides to take the big step, then Meimarakis will be with him—and this likely applies to the entire «Karamanlis» wing.

Dendias Congratulates Meimarakis

On November 26, Nikos Dendias had spoken by phone with the head of the New Democracy delegation to the EPP in the European Parliament, Evangelos Meimarakis, to congratulate him on the European Parliament’s vote in favor of strictly enforcing sanctions against Turkey.

This significant success was achieved on his own initiative and that of Cypriot MEPs Lefteris Christoforou and Loukas Fourlas, Mr. Dendias notes in a Twitter post, congratulating the entire Greek and Cypriot delegation to the European People’s Party (EPP).