Council Pres, Greek PM Hold Press Conference After Talks

Link: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1kvJpeEdkooxE

• Talks between European Council President Charles Michel and Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis have centred around escalating tensions between Greece, Cyprus and Turkey in the East Med, as well as the major fire at the Moria migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos that has left thousands without shelter.
• Greek PM Mistotakis says it is 'time for European solidarity to be expressed in practice'.
• Greece is demanding that other EU member states take what Athens says is their 'fair share' of the migrant burden.
• German Chancellor Angela Merkel has offered to take in 1,500 migrants from the camp. Could lead to a domestic political backlash. Merkel's stance during the last migrant crisis in 2014-15 saw 1mn migrants travel to Germany from the Middle East and Africa, sparking a backlash that spurred the right-wing Alternative for Germany into the Bundestag as the main opposition after more than 50 years of no right-wing parties having representation in the German lower house.