With the aim of shielding national interests, the government is forwarding two important bills to Parliament for a vote. The first concerns the law of extension of the coastal zone from 6 to 12 nautical miles in the Ionian Sea, from Corfu to Cape Tainaro in the Peloponnese.

The details of the negotiations and the acquisition procedures of the French Rafale fighter jets will be at the center of Thursday's meeting of the special standing committee of armaments programs and contracts in the Parliament with Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos, at 13:00.

The state budget for 2021 essentially incorporates two years into one in the first quarter, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday in Parliament.