With a slight ironic and sufficiently accommodating style, Dora Bakoyannis «slaughtered» the Antonis Samaras the glove, responding to the «The former prime minister's »bombshells" against the Mitsotakis government for the exploratory with the Turkey and the ratification of trade agreements with North Macedonia, saying that he did one thing as prime minister and is saying another now.
As he said, «Mr. Samaras has consistently held these views with a short break, of his own premiership. Because during his premiership exploratory talks were progressing. So, they had the same goal as us. In fact, with the intervention of Mr. Venizelos at the time, the scope of the exploratory talks was extended to include Eastern Mediterranean and the supreme cooperation councils of the countries moved forward. When he exercised his authority, he did so in accordance with the established positions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
When asked whether Antonis Samaras' statements that he would vote against the three memoranda of cooperation with North Macedonia create a problem for the government and the New Democracy parliamentary group, Dora Bakoyannis responded that they do not create any problem and that «there will be no issue,» faithful to the government line on degradation the problem that has arisen with Samaras.
He spoke condescendingly about the increased rights former prime ministers to express their opinions, noting that he is very familiar with the New Democracy parliamentary group and directly implying that Antonis Samaras is isolated.
Prepared for the questions she would receive regarding Samaras' extreme divergence from the government on the issue of exploratory talks, Dora Bakoyannis read a statement in response. Konstantinos Karamanlis in Parliament in 1978, speaking about the need for exhaustive dialogue with Turkey.
