The Prime Minister emphasized that he considers it an absolute priority to join the network of units that can use RES to reduce their production costs
“In Tripoli we drew up this Development Plan to be able to precisely identify the need for a coherent plan at the Regional level, which brings together various financial tools and obeys a single logic”, the Prime Minister noted at the beginning of the meeting, immediately after his visit to businesses in the Industrial Area of ​​Tripoli, with representatives of 18 businesses from all the Regional Units of Peloponnese that employ a total of 8,375 workers and have an investment plan of 850 million euros in the Peloponnese Region in the coming years.
“What you set out is completely different from what you set out three years ago, when we first got into things. Then you would be talking about taxation, about an economy that was not growing. Now we may have to deal with the problems of a growing economy. That is, problems regarding the issue of the cost of electricity, which is an imported problem that we know very well and we know that from now on, the our attention must be turned more to businesses in order to stimulate the competitiveness of the Greek and also the European economy. The question of the transition to green energy and how long it will take, is an issue that does not only concern Greece, it concerns Europe as a whole and at this level, it should certainly be addressed”, noted Mr. Mitsotakis.
The prime minister emphasized that “personally, I consider it an absolute priority to join the network of units that can use RES to reduce their production costs. This should be the country’s comparative advantage, the sooner we do it the more competitive we will be. You know the difficulties and the investments, which have to be made in the networks, but I think it is absolutely critical to be able to support our production network.
“We are a government that likes to solve real problems. Many problems are horizontal, others are very specific. However, you know that you have interlocutors who are willing to listen, understand – we believe – how the real economy works. And I think here, to say the positive side, we absolutely see what you said, that public policy tools are essentially absolutely critical to promote investments”, added Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
“I want to hear from you what are the main issues and main challenges you face, because we know very well – and moreover, this is proven in practice here at BI.PE. of Tripoli – that development without productive investments cannot exist. We have already made significant progress in this area, but there is obviously a lot more to be done and I would like to have a first-hand picture from you of what are the specific challenges you face geographically but obviously also sectoral”, added Kyriakos Mitsotakis, addressed to businessmen.
The Prime Minister visited the pharmaceutical industry DEMO Ltd which is active in the development, production and promotion of pharmaceutical products. It is a purely 100% Greek company with over half a century of development in the Greek pharmaceutical industry with 84% of its branded product production being exported to 85 countries around the world. The company’s human resources number more than 1,200 employees while a new productive Campus of finished medicines and raw materials is being created in Tripoli, 8 production units with a total capacity of 270 tons of raw materials of medicines and 324 million pieces of finished medicines.
“I am very happy that the significant investment is being made here. In the pandemic we are exposed to access to raw materials for medicines. We want to implement the strategy of autonomy”, noted Mr. Mitsotakis, highlighting the emphasis the government places on dispersing productive investments throughout the country.
“The investment is possible because we have given incentives to the pharmaceutical companies to invest in our country”, he added, adding that 600 jobs will be created not only for Tripoli but for the entire Peloponnese. Today the company is implementing a multifaceted investment plan of €356 million that focuses on strengthening its position internationally and its entry into sectors with a high growth perspective such as the development and production of active raw materials and biosimilar medicines, activities that are implemented for the first time in Greece .
Afterwards, Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the company POKAS ARKADIKI RECYCLING LTD, which was founded in 2008 and is a pioneer in the regeneration of secondary plastic raw materials in the Balkans and the EU. In fact, a large part of its production, at a rate of 70%, is intended for customers abroad while 30% is channeled to the Greek market. The company’s upcoming investments concern liquid waste management, optimizing the quality of recovered plastic materials to reduce production costs and increase employment.
The Prime Minister also visited the Region of Peloponnese and held a meeting with the Regional Governor, Panagiotis Nikas, in the presence of the Minister of State, Akis Skertsos and the Deputy Governor of Arcadia, Christos Lambropoulos.
“We stand by your fight. Practically. We are at the forefront of innovation and reform. We are aware that only with reform at all levels, reform continuously, our country will overcome obstacles and problems and move forward.
Warm congratulations for what you have achieved, in foreign policy, in equipment, in defense, in the armoring of our country, in improving its international position, in matters of the economy, we all remember the difficult decade, what we went through and what difficulties we had .We remember the fight that took place during the pandemic, to overcome this difficult hurdle and move forward. Welcome Mr. Prime Minister, you have our support and love and we are by your side in the struggle you are doing, in the struggle to deal with the problems. For our country, for a better future”, Mr. Nikas noted, among other things, at the Regional Council meeting that followed, with the Prime Minister thanking him for the important work being done in the Region:
“I want to thank you for the important work you are doing in the Peloponnese Region, but also for the excellent cooperation that your Region has with the Central Government, so that today we will be able to present shortly, in the presence of many Ministers of our government , an integrated development plan for the Peloponnese Region”.
The Prime Minister then walked through the main streets of Tripoli, accompanied by the Mayor Constantinos Tzoumis.
The Prime Minister was accompanied by the Minister of State, Akis Skertsos, the Regional Governor of Peloponnese, Panagiotis Nikas, the Deputy Minister of Development and Investments, responsible for Research and Innovation and Member of Parliament for Corinth, Christos Dimas, the Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy, responsible for Spatial Planning and Urban Environment and MP for Corinth, Nikos Tagaras, MP for Arkadia, Konstantinos Vlasis, MP for Argolis, Giannis Andrianos, MP for Corinth Konstantinos Kollias, MPs for Laconia, Thanasis Davakis, Neocles Kritikos and MPs for Messinia, Giannis Lambropoulos, Miltos Chrysomallis and Periklis Mantalis.
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