Mitsotakis urges EU unity on energy crisis and seeks fiscal flexibility for support measures

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attends the EU summit on October 15, 2026, urging a unified European response to the energy crisis and inflation, while seeking fiscal flexibility for new targeted support measures. Mitsotakis will propose that Brussels approve fiscal leeway for national support packages, with a backup plan to redirect up to €1 billion from energy investment funds. He warns that the Trump-Putin diesel agreement will worsen Europe's winter energy challenges. The summit agenda also includes the 2028-2034 EU budget, where Greece seeks to protect cohesion and agricultural funding, and migration, with Athens advocating for border sealing and asylum suspension during mass influxes.