Discussions are underway with the investor and DFC for the Elefsina Shipyards, while the relevant draft law is being prepared, as the Minister of Development and Investment, Adonis Georgiadis, said in an interview today on the radio station “Parapolitika FM 90.1”.
According to a relevant announcement, the minister commented on the news, saying:
– On the effects of the international energy crisis:
“Everything that is happening is not good for the economy. We have a huge energy crisis because of the war in Ukraine, something that the planet has been seeing for decades. And it is not just Ukraine. We also have a huge quarantine in China that has been going on for a month. “This will have a huge impact on the global supply chain and will again bring inflationary pressures and shortages.”
– On the possibility of interruption of the flow of natural gas in our country from Russia: “First of all, there will not be. The measures we will take are such as to ensure our energy efficiency. But even if there was such a closing of the tap , Greece is in a much better position than most countries in our neighborhood. they have electricity “.
– On whether the government plans to take measures outside the “European umbrella”: “The Prime Minister said clearly and sharply after the Delphi forum that we demand a European solution and if it does not come, we must find a way to protect our fellow citizens from “electricity and its bills. We will do whatever it takes.”
– On whether the current crisis is affecting foreign investment in our country: “So far, fortunately not. On the contrary, in the field of renewable energy sources there is a much greater flow than before. I believe that Greece will have a record in investments in renewable sources There is not a single day that a large foreign company does not come to my office for this reason, very large projects have already been launched and many more are in the process of being launched.
At the same time, the fact that the course of Greek tourism for 2022 – despite the war and inflation – is very good, has created large investments in both tourism and Real Estate. “All the high-tech investments, such as Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Meta Facebook and other big investments that are coming, are moving forward with great momentum”.
– On the possibility of destabilization of Western countries: “That there is a risk of an explosion of energy and an explosion of inflation to destabilize democracies in the West certainly exists and exists. This also applies to our country. We in relation to others have a good We have been through the crisis of populism very recently and this works in part as a deterrent.The voter remembers that there are no easy solutions.
I remember, in 2014, they talked to us about “seismicity, debt write-off, abolition of a memorandum with an article”. And then we went to the SYRIZA-ANEL government which were the first in seizures and the most memorandum. So, the people in Greece have a degree of vaccination against populism, without this meaning that we are 100% protected. “After all, the prime minister’s main argument for persuading Europe to take drastic measures to increase energy costs is this danger of populism that should not be underestimated.”
– On the possibility of early elections: “The prime minister has been appointed a hundred times. The elections will be held in 2023. There is no reason to return to this issue. Elections are not the problem that Greece has at the moment, nor the problems that we mention are due to the Greek government.
The current government is called upon to manage unprecedented global crises. It is without a doubt the most turbulent period since World War II. “So when you realize what is happening in the world, you understand that this government is trying to keep the country afloat and so far, thank God it is doing it under extremely difficult conditions.”
– On the work that the government will have to present in the upcoming elections: “This government has to present significant achievements and I am very proud because whenever I travel abroad the image they now have of Greece is amazing. The” outsiders “see that “Greece has made great progress in these three years and they are impressed that it has achieved this progress under these conditions. So, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will claim a positive vote for everything he has done.”
– For Elefsina Shipyards: “We have moved forward, we are in contact with the investor and the DFC that will support the project. At the same time, we are in the process of preparing the draft law.”
Regarding SYRIZA’s stance on the Prime Minister’s visit to Scotland: “The planet is on fire and the first issue for SYRIZA was the Prime Minister’s visit to the Prince of Wales. This is not opposition, this is comedy.”
Source: AMPE
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