The Minister of Development today participated in the 3rd Congress “East Macedonia Thrace Forum” today Takis Theodorikakos. In his speech he presented the plan of the government that is in full swing for GDP growth, with enhancing the extroversion of Greek businesses, productivity and competitiveness of the Greek economy.

“New productive model means a stronger, modern, effective industry that quickly assimilates the innovation that applied research must bring and therefore the exports and competitiveness of our industry products and services so that we can become more powerful and competitive as an economy as a whole,” he said.

Mr Theodorikakos pointed out that applications for participation in development law will be submitted in 2025 and 2026 which are almost all of which concern processing and industry. Two processing cycles, two large -investing cycles, two investment enhancement cycles of more than € 2 million at least for the border areas.

“OR Thrace We, Macedonia, the Northern Aegean and part of Epirus are at the heart of the new development law. These 3 regimes will give € 900 million to tax exemptions or in a grant for investment in industry. Entrepreneurs in the area have the opportunity to claim a significant share of this money, ”he said.

“The highest priority is to give us strong incentives for our children to stay on the earth that were born and raised, to implement their vision there and to create their family,” he underlined, adding: “In order for Greece to have a future and be strong, they must have a strong and strong region. This is a patriotic and responsible social policy, we consistently serve it, it is a term of security and prosperity of our country. “

“As I have said many times, the best ‘fence’ for our borders is factories and industries in the border areas, where the heart of Greece strikes. Let our children have jobs and stop the big wave of flight to the basin, ”Mr. Theodorikakos emphasized.

In particular for Thrace, he noted that eight strategic investments totaling more than EUR 3 billion are underway and that the Ministry of Development has approved 55 projects for two processing regimes (1st and 2nd cycle) and aid tourist investment (1st and 2nd cycle) with a budget of € 111 million and € 111 million. Million euros and tax exemptions of 22.6 million euros.

Upgrading projects are also being carried out in four industrial parks in Alexandroupolis, Drama, Kavala and Komotini with a budget of € 11,960,000 and a public expense of € 5.9 million. In addition, with a total budget and public expenditure of 4m euros, projects are being made to build substations by HEDNO at the Kavala, Komotini, Xanthi and Sapes business parks.

In the context of “smart processing”, seven small and medium -sized enterprises have been included for the implementation of investment plans totaling EUR 7.3 million and an approved public expenditure of EUR 4.8 million. The four companies concern the prefecture of Drama and from one to Xanthi, Kavala and Rodopi.

Regarding ECE EC, the funding of 108 projects of the “Research – Innovation” action for Eastern Macedonia and Thrace exceeds € 71 million, while € 3.2 million is public expenditure for five TAA projects.

“The Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace has a leading role in the productive transformation of the Greek economy and we will do whatever we need to strengthen it. The attention of the Ministry of Development and the Government as a whole is in this important area of ​​our country, ”the Minister of Development concluded in his speech.