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Prime Minister Mitsotakis has said that he believes Britain is edging closer to returning the Parthenon Marbles, and will raise the subject with the UK’s new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, on an upcoming visit to London this year. Mitsotakis said he believes the “mood is changing in the UK,” a reference to reports that, after decades of defensiveness, the British Museum may be ready to do a deal. When asked about the Parthenon Marbles earlier this month, however, Prime Minister Truss ruled out their return to Athens. Janet Suzman, the chair of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, joins Thanos Davelis to discuss whether now is the right time for Mitsotakis to press for a deal on the Parthenon Marbles, and to look at how attitudes in Britain are shifting on this issue in favor of their return to Greece.

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

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