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.
Karkalecis, koji vodi atinski tink-tenk za vojnu analizu Helenski centar za evropske i međunarodne analize i vojni je izaslanik na Kipru lidera Nove demokratije Antonisa Samarasa, rekao je za SETimes: „Morali smo svuda da režemo, osim u odbrani.