The handover ceremony at the Ministry of Rural Development and Food by the new Minister George Georgantas and the outgoing Spilios Libanos took place in an emotionally charged atmosphere.
“I pledge that the door of the Ministry will always be open to everyone,” said Mr. Georgantas, stressing that he is taking over a key ministry and will continue “the government’s policy to support farmers.” He added that he is aware of the problems faced by the primary sector since he -as he said- comes from a rural prefecture and talks to producers and stockbreeders.
He pointed out that the primary sector is facing problems such as energy and rising production costs, emphasizing that “in this crisis, farmers are not alone, the state is present.” He thanked the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, for the “great honor and trust he has shown in me, entrusting me with the portfolio of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food”, a ministry which, as he said, “has always been at the center of economic and social activity of our homeland “. Finally, it promised to upgrade the primary sector “with structure, methodology and measurable goals”.
For his part, the outgoing minister apologized for his stance on the incident in Sparta, acknowledged his mistake and stressed that he would not allow his course to be stigmatized by this incident, with the new minister stating that with the self-criticism made by Mr. Libanos and with his ethos he will be able to continue his course without stigmatization.
Speaking about the 13 months he was at the helm of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure, Mr. Libanos underlined that the farmers were supported with more than 1 billion euros to deal with the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic and natural disasters.
He added that a comprehensive National Strategy for Rural Development was designed, while he also referred to the controls that were carried out to prevent illegal Hellenizations.
Mr. Libanos also referred to the securing of 22 billion from the new CAP and from the Recovery Fund but also to the 480 million euros from the Rural Development Guarantee Fund that aims to lend new investment projects.
Finally, he spoke on the “HYDOR 2.0” program, noting that “it is the largest irrigation project of the last 50 years”, the cost of which amounts to 1.6 billion euros and in 25 years will amount to 4.2 billion euros.
Source: AMPE
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