“The most important thing is to ensure that we will have growth, that our children will have jobs, that young people will stay in the border areas and that social and regional inequalities will continue to decrease”, emphasized the Minister of Development, Takis Theodorikakos, speaking in the morning broadcast by MEGA.

In this context, he pointed out that “productive transformation means productive investments throughout the country and especially the border areas, from Epirus and our Macedonia to Thrace and Evros in all economic activities with an emphasis on industry”.

“We are injecting more than €3 billion into the market with incentives and tax breaks, simplifying procedures and improving infrastructure to facilitate productive investments in the green and digital transition,” added the Minister of Development.

Mr. Theodorikakos also said that the regime of the border areas will also concern Thessaly, which was affected by natural disasters, and he particularly focused on the regime of emblematic investments, citing as an example the investment of METLEN for the construction of military vehicle frames in the industrial area of ​​Volos.

“This does not mean that tourism is degrading, on the contrary we want it to continue to increase quantitatively and qualitatively, but we cannot do monoculture”, explained the Minister of Development and announced that in the next two weeks the results of the two tourism cycles of the investment law will be announced of 2022. “The new regimes will start from February. The resources exist in the sectoral development program and they are all within the framework of the obligations of the medium-term program” concluded Mr. Theodorikakos.