"The Navy is a structural pillar of our Defense and its strengthening through the "Agenda 2030" is not a simple upgrade of its capabilities."

The government is adopting a hardline stance on illegal immigration using the “Evros formula,” in an effort to prevent the consolidation of a new route controlled by smuggling networks that targets Crete and Gavdos. This decision comes in light of the sheer number of several million civil war refugees from Sudan, migrants from the Sahel, and Egyptians fleeing economic turmoil—numbers that pose a nightmare scenario.

Naval Group has posted a video of the launch of the FDI HN “FORMION” frigate at the Naval Group shipyards in Lorient, France.