Panagiotis Pikrammenos
 Panagiotis Pikrammenos    (judge, politician) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 26 July 1945 Athens, Greece | |||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Greek | |||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | German School of Athens, Kapodistrian University, Panthéon-Assas University | |||||||||||||||
Greek deputy PM who wanted compulsory Covid jabs in 2021. Attended the 2015 Bilderberg meeting.
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Panagiotis Pikrammenos is a Greek judge and politician[1]. He attended the 2015 Bilderberg meeting.
He briefly was caretaker Prime Minister of Greece from May 16, 2012 to June 20, 2012 after the legislative election in May 2011 resulted in a hung parliament.[2] He was Deputy Prime Minister of Greece from 2019 to 2023, where he advocated for compulsory Covid jabs, which was duly introduced.
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Background
Panagiotis Pikramenos' father, Othonas Pikramenos was collaborator of the Nazis during the German and Italian occupation of Greece. Specifically, Pikramenos was the distributor of the occupier, Nazi and Fascist propaganda press in Athens.[3]
Pikrammenos graduated from the German School of Athens in 1963 and from the Law School at Athens' Kapodistrian University in 1968. He did postgraduate studies at Panthéon-Assas University,[4] and worked as a lawyer in Athens and London.
Career
Pikrammenos became a rapporteur of the Council of State in 1976. He rose steadily through the ranks on the Council until he was appointed as its President in 2009. He also was general manager of the National School of Judges from 2005 to 2009. As well as his job in the judiciary, Pikrammenos has worked on a number of legislative committees for the Ministry of Justice and from 1991 to 1993 he was a special advisor on judicial affairs to Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis.[5] Shortly after he was appointed as President of the Council of State in 2009, an explosive device was placed on Pikrammenos' car by what police believed to be an anarchist group.[6]
Pikrammenos was due to retire in from the Council of State in 2012. He was appointed caretaker prime minister by President Karolos Papoulias on 16 May 2012, in a "technocrat" government.[7]
Compulsory Covid jabs
"I see vaccination as a humanitarian duty, an obligation of solidarity towards our fellow man with whom we live in society," said Deputy Prime Minister Panagiotis Pikramenos in July 2021. When asked whether the measure of obligatorily jabs should be extended beyond the categories already included, he replied in the affirmative and explained: "health is the primary good that we must protect, but in order for life and health to exist, the economy must also work, otherwise with what money will health be supported?" Teachers, children, students, soldiers, and sailors were some other groups mentioned by Pikrammenos, to whom the measure of compulsory vaccination could be extended.
Pikramenos said that vaccination "is a proof that we accept the rules of living together in society and in a way do not accept putting the life of our fellow human being at risk. For those who do not understand this, because this is not only a legal, constitutional duty [...] society is forced to take measures....Whether it is constitutionally correct, the courts will ultimately judge, there is a judgment principle from health workers and rescuers (EMAK), where it is stated that the individual right must be withdrawn before the overriding reasons of public interest for reasons of Health Protection, which is protected by Article 21 of the Constitution," he said, adding that there will be relevant appeals to justice.[8]
Climate change
Like many Bilderbergers, Pikrammenos intends to abandon old society in the name of "climate change". In 2021, he mused on how "Justice will have to defend the environment for future generations against the effects of climate change. The 'climate trial' is already a thing, where societies are demanding the intervention of judges to protect the environment and compel governments to adopt effective measures. It’s a matter of survival", just like under Covid where courts "had to weigh important commodities like public health against personal freedoms".[9]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2015 | 11 June 2015 | 14 June 2015 | Austria Telfs-Buchen | The 63rd meeting, 128 Bilderbergers met in Austria |
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120501142205/http://www.ste.gr/FL/main_en.htm
- ↑ https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/judge-panagiotis-pikramenos-named-as-greek-caretaker-pm-as-elections-set-for-17-june-7757485.html
- ↑ https://crashonline.gr/synenteukseis-gnwmes/1445976/d-koukounas-o-metaksas-proerchotan-apo-ena-germanofilo-perivallon-tou-protou-pagkosmiou-polemou/
- ↑ http://www.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=22767&subid=2&pubid=4412827
- ↑ http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=1231196124
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529842,00.html
- ↑ http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_16/05/2012_442401
- ↑ https://www.kathimerini.gr/politics/561442501/ypochreotikos-emvoliasmos-yper-tis-epektasis-o-p-pikrammenos/
- ↑ https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/interviews/1170786/judiciary-must-adapt-to-modern-times-and-needs-deputy-pm-stresses/
