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Parliament: 4 cooperation agreements of the country were voted by a majority

Four Co-operation Agreements of the Hellenic Republic with Indonesia, Croatia, the EU-LAC International Foundation and the World Intellectual Property Organization were voted by a large majority.

In particular, “in favor” of the bilateral economic cooperation ratification agreement with Indonesia ND, SYRIZA, KINAL and MERA25 joined, the KKE voted against it while the Hellenic Solution declared “present”.

Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Barvitsiotis, when asked by SYRIZA rapporteur Theodora Tzakri “what is the gap that this bilateral agreement that is not covered by the overall Partnership and Cooperation Framework Agreement between the EU and the EU has filled?” With this Agreement, Greece pays special attention to a country that currently has a population of 270,000,000, has about 150,000,000,000 euros in imports and expects through the establishment of an information exchange mechanism to resolve bilateral issues that arise and not need to resort to Brussels to resolve them, but “through a transnational mechanism at the highest governmental level to resolve any trade disputes”. He noted that the country’s firm position, after all, was and is “to try to cultivate a good bilateral spirit of cooperation with third countries, beyond and outside the EU.”

KKE spokesman Nikos Papanastasis justified the vote against the agreement, saying that it also “serves the interests of large economic groups and the increase sought by them in any way their profitability and therefore has nothing to do with popular interests and needs.” “It is used as a tool for the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and Indonesia, which promotes EU aspirations in the Asian region, while also containing other geopolitical objectives related to the competition between the bourgeoisie of Greece and Turkey.”

Hellenic Solution expert Konstantinos Hitas justified the “present” by saying that the important thing is to see what is the final benefit to our national economy and whether we will have an increase in our exports or we will eventually see ourselves flooded with even more foreign products in Greek Buy.

THE “Ratification of the Agreement establishing the International Foundation for EU-Latin America and the Caribbean”, was voted by ND, SYRIZA, KINAL, the KKE voted against, while Hellenic Solution and MERA25 declared “present”.

Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said he could not understand who might be opposed to deepening cultural relations between two regions of the world, which also have many cultural ties. As it is an institution which is funded by the EU countries – and our country finances with a symbolic amount – and aims at the development of cultural exchanges, the contact between cultures and peoples. “Everything else that has been said is beyond the spirit of this agreement,” he said.

KKE spokesman Nikos Papanastasis voted against the agreement, saying “this institution is a tool to promote relations between the EU and the community of Latin American and Caribbean states that serve the European monopolies’ efforts to advance their positions in a region where US dominance is strong, and there have been similar Chinese penetration efforts in recent years. sides of the Atlantic, with the necessary precondition for the intensification of the exploitation of the working class, the bio-wrestlers, the peasants and the self-employed “.

Hellenic Solution expert Konstantinos Hitas justified the “present” by expressing reservations about whether such international organizations take into account the national needs and capabilities of each country and whether they end up promoting the economically stronger countries and their interests. in smaller and poorer countries.

The special speaker of MERA25 (also voted “present”) George Logiadis said that a problematic point is the funding of the Foundation that can raise additional resources through external funding from public and private bodies.

THE “Ratification of Annex XV to the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of Specialized Organizations concerning the World Intellectual Property Organization” was voted by ND, SYRIZA, KINAL, the KKE voted against it while with the “present” a Greek Solution and MERA25 were placed.

Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis stressed that the issues of intellectual property and intellectual property are among the sovereign rights that are currently violated and abused and many creators see their works unprotected, whether they are artistic creation or industrial property. Strengthening the way the International Organization operates under the auspices of the United Nations, by providing facilities for its executives to do their job, I think only agreeers could find us. He noted that there are 193 WIPO parties in the world. In recent years, in order to be recognized worldwide for patents and intellectual property, the Greek side has filed 536 applications for Greeks living in Greece, 363 applications for patent recognition from others working and in Greece and 593 applications for Greeks abroad. They have also submitted patent applications to the World Organization and institutions such as the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Institute of Biomedicine of the Academy of Athens, the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Technology, the Institute for Electronic Applications and Lasers, etc.

KKE spokesman Nikos Papanastasis voted against the Convention, saying that “the government is proceeding with the granting of a series of privileges by the Greek state to the representatives of the World Intellectual Property Organization”. Instead, he said, “the current government should share privileges and immunities with the representatives of the interests of the big monopoly groups and in the field of intellectual property at the expense of the people paying them through the budget, taking immediate protection measures, not only of the workers.” “Their intellectual property and creation is a golden field of profitability for these groups, but also for the thousands of self-employed and small professionals who are subjected to multiple hunts by the various collective management organizations.”

The special speaker of the Hellenic Solution, Konstantinos Hitas, declared “present”, saying that here this Convention does not concern the intellectual creators and their distributions, but the institution of a privileged treatment to senior executives of the Organization and their family members.

The special speaker of MERA 25, George Logiadis, justified the “present” by saying that “the provision of immunity to executives of international organizations, even if they are supposed to be formal, does not honor our country”.

THE “Ratification of the Agreement on the participation of the Republic of Croatia in the European Economic Area” was voted by ND, SYRIZA, KINAL, the KKE voted against it while with the present “Hellenic Solution and MERA25 voted.

Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Barvitsiotis stressed that this is an accessory to membership in the European Union. We believe that the deepening of the European Union, but also the enlargement of the European Union in the Balkans is a national strategy, which has been unwaveringly served by all governments for the last 20 years and more, and added that “the European Union’s enlargement policy towards Western Balkans and the Balkans is a policy, which was adopted under the Greek Presidency in 2003 and, as a result, was the entry of Bulgaria and Romania, but also Croatia into the European Union, but also the continuation of accession negotiations with Serbia, Montenegro and the opening of accession negotiations with Albania and Northern Macedonia “. He stressed that “the participation of the countries of the Western Balkans and the whole of the Balkans in the European Union contributes to the consolidation of stability, peace, cooperation in the region and the development of excellent bilateral relations, which will remain a cornerstone of our foreign policy and “This is what we support in this Agreement.”

KKE spokesman Nikos Papathanasis voted against the agreement, saying that with it, Croatia becomes a party to the European Economic Area Agreement, which is an agreement between the European Union and Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. “This is a free trade agreement to facilitate group investment, trade in goods and services to the detriment of the peoples of the participating countries. The people of Croatia, like the other Member States of the European Union, are experiencing painful consequences. of these anti-popular policies “. Particularly, he said, in the Balkan region, these imperialist rivalries and conflicts are the ones that have bloodied their peoples, always starring the European Union, NATO and the United States.

Hellenic Solution expert Konstantinos Hitas agreed with the “present” saying that what is at stake in these economic areas is that we really win as a country, noting that as Greece has bitter experience from such mechanisms and that they worked leading us to memoranda.

MEPA 25 spokesman Giorgos Logiadis said he was voting “present” as “it is part of Croatia’s accession to the Economic and Monetary Union, the euro” and “as MEPA25 we can not vote for the condemnation of a people, the transfer of democratic sovereignty in the dioceses of Brussels and Frankfurt, as the EU operates today. ”

SOURCE: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ

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Source From: Capital

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