Karkaletsis, who runs the Athens defense analysis think tank Hellenic Center for European and International Analyses and is the a defense envoy to Cyprus for New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras, told SETimes, "We had to cut from everywhere except defense.
Karkaletsis, koji vodi atenski politički institut za vojnu analizu, Helenski centar za europske i međunarodne analize, i vojni je izaslanik za Cipar čelnika Nove demokracije Antonisa Samarasa, izjavio je za SETimes: "Morali smo posvuda rezati, osim u obrani.