Kyriakos Mitsotakis to farmers of Thessaly: The commitment to low electricity was initiated

The Prime Minister of Thessaly met with them at Maximos Palace at noon on Friday (15/03/2024). “As you can see, meetings and meetings on issues relating to the primary sector, especially the issues of Thessaly, are frequent and we wanted to follow up on our previous debate to discuss a little more thoroughly and listen to the views of institutional representatives of the primary sector,” Mr. Mitsotakis stressed. “As you are gathered and gathered at this table today, I will not repeat what we said last time, to stand only on two points which I think have an interest and for the sake of the news: legislative regulation was launched on the commitment that we had made to be able to provide low-cost electricity to farmers and our farmers over a decade. It is an important intervention which, if anything, ensures predictability for a significant cost factor for many of our farmers and farmers,” he stressed. “The second thing I want to emphasise and I think it is also timely: considering where we are in the wider electoral cycle, three months from now, something less than three months, we will have European elections and one of the important issues that we will be invited to discuss in the European elections will be what will happen the next day with the Common Agricultural Policy,” the Prime Minister noted. ‘Direct interventions’ As he said, “our view is very clear and worded and at ministerial level: intervention in the common agricultural policy and direct intervention are needed. The Ministry has already submitted a number of thoughts to the Council of Ministers on reducing bureaucracy and greater flexibility in the instruments of the CFP.” He noted, however, that “possibly a more meaningful mid-to-long-term debate will also be needed, which will probably also reach our level, about the speed with which we implement the green transition and what this means for the commitments and obligations of our farmers and farmers the next and the following day.” At the same time, he reiterated that the government attaches great importance to general cooperation in the primary sector. “You know very well that we have supported cooperative schemes through a number of tax and other incentives and we invest in technology and know-how and in this qualitative transition of our primary sector to a sector that can really be competitive, innovative and exportable, so that the value created, especially in terms of our exports, can remain in the country and all the links of the production and manufacturing chain are harvested,” he said. “I stop here, again welcome and we are at your disposal to listen to your thoughts,” said the Prime Minister, completing his introductory position. Who participated? The meeting was attended by Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Christos Staikouras, Minister for Environment and Energy Theodoros Skylakis, Minister for Rural Development and Food Lefteris Avgenakis, Minister of State Stavros Papastavros, Deputy Minister for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Christos Triantopoulos and the Secretary-General for Rural Development and Food George Stratakos. ElGA President Andreas Lycurentzos, the president of OPKEPE Kyriakos Babasidis and Vice President Giannis Kourdis participated.