Regarding developments with natural gas and Russia’s attitude, the Deputy Minister of Development and Investments said that “we must also anticipate the worst possible scenario, that is why we are making Greece an energy hub”
“In total 1.1 billion euros are coming in August to support households and businesses. We continue to support households and businesses, within the fiscal space we have. We have to keep the forces required for the next day, you saw how even in the crisis of the pandemic, we said that we knew how deep the crisis would be and we kept forces”.
This was noted by Deputy Minister of Development and Investments Nikos Papathanasis speaking this morning to the TV station ANT1.
“From the first moment, from the start of the pandemic and now with the energy crisis, we have been supporting our fellow citizens and businesses and now we actually have the suspension of the readjustment clause and we are returning to pre-crisis tariffs,” said Mr. Papathanasis.
Regarding developments with natural gas and Russia’s attitude, Mr. Papathanasis said “We must also anticipate the worst possible scenario, that’s why we are making Greece an energy hub”, while when asked if we will also have in Greece measures that are announced in other countries to reduce electricity consumption, he said that “the recommendations that must be made have been made, the programs for replacing devices are running. In the use of air conditioners, we must all be careful in the summer”, while he was categorical about the possibility of planned interruptions in the electricity supply, saying that “there is no provision for alternating power interruptions”.
For the development law
Asked about the entry into force of the new development law, Mr. Papathanasis said “the first track is already “in the air”, many are those who prepare by going to the banks. Can some people combine the development law with the Recovery Fund and have a loan with a very small interest rate and have a subsidy for 70% of the plan they submit.”
As he noted, “it is indeed a narrow perimeter for someone to receive loans, we are working together with the Ministry of Finance to widen this perimeter”, noting also that within the next two weeks other parts of the development law will have been “opened”, such as this for agritourism.
“Since the beginning of the pandemic, 50 billion have been given to support businesses. The measures finally worked, we can see it because in the midst of the pandemic we have a reduction in unemployment and even while there is a shortage of personnel in Tourism”, Mr. Papathanasis pointed out, adding that there are ongoing programs for the training of the unemployed, saying characteristically that “a program is starting for the “green training” which concerns 80,000 unemployed and we have specialized programs for regions of Western Macedonia, Megalopolis and for islands”.
As he asserted, “thousands of checks are carried out every day in the market, the fines have now reached millions of euros and companies that violate the law are also sealed. Because we had the controls, the supply chain also ran smoothly and we met the needs of basic necessities very quickly.”
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