K. Mitsotakis: Greece has played a leading role in the absorption of European funds in recent years

Greece has played a leading role in the absorption of European funds in recent years, said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his speech – which is in progress – at the conference on the new NSRF 2021-2027, in Kalamata.

The Prime Minister pointed out the importance of European programs in the development of the country and as he said from 2000 to 2017, 66 billion euros flowed into Greece from cohesion policies, financing development.

Mr. Mitsotakis said that our country is historically linked to development policies, while acknowledging that from time to time there was mismanagement of European funds.

The 8th EU Cohesion Report confirms that from 2014 to 2020 funding contributed 2.6% to GDP growth in the least developed regions, Mitsotakis said, adding that European funds could work to their advantage. of European citizens and pledged that “on this basis the cohesion policy of 2021-27 will be based”.

Greece – he said – is the first Member State that received a positive response to the Corporate Pact for Cohesion Policy, ie the old NSRF, while referring to the financing program of 26.2 billion “for which we fought very hard in Brussels in difficult meetings “, which complements other financial instruments such as the Greece 2.0 recovery plan” with total appropriations exceeding 30 billion euros and together with the common agricultural policy we are talking about a total savings that reaches 80 billion euros “.

Source: Capital

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