The EPP says “an unspeakable tragedy took place in Greece last week.
“The country is in shock. The Greek people are mourning a great loss. These are not the circumstances to organise an EP mission that could easily be postponed to a later date”, Weber said.
The EPP Group has requested to postpone the mission following the Greek authorities’ appeal to reconsider the mission.
“It is extremely disappointing that the Left Groups are so blinded by their dislike of certain governments that they lose sight of the most basic level of respect and humanity”, Lenaers continued.
“The only delegation that Parliament should send following this tragedy is to show our respect to the families of the victims and to offer our support to the Greek authorities,” the EPP Group Members said.
Meantime, the European Union agency responsible for rail safety warned the Greek authorities on multiple occasions over the past few years, according to the head of the organisation.
The Executive-Director of the EU Railway Agency said that Greece did not react in time to secure its railway system, despite its warning. Even its 2022 report evealed a gloomy picture.
“During the last few years, we have always seen that Greece has ranked amongst the ‘bad pupils’,” he explained.
