“The final state aid can reach up to 500,000 per farmerwhich is many times more than has historically been granted so far as support to the primary sector,” said Deputy Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Christos Triandopoulos.

In an interview he gave to APE-MPE, Mr. Triandopoulos points out that advances of 50% of the state aid grant have begun to be granted to farmers, “advances that can reach up to 200,000 euros”, as he says. He also adds that from the beginning of the week the platform arogi.gov.gr will be opened so that farmers and breeders can submit their request “for aid of 5,000 euros in case they estimate that they have very serious damages and 10,000 euros for very serious damages ».

Regarding with the reconstruction plans of Thessaly and Evros Mr. Triandopoulos emphasizes that they are “progressing at an intensive pace” while underlining that the initial budget estimate for the project concerning Thessaly is close to 3.3 billion euros, however so far the support measures that have been implemented, as well as the restoration projects that have been launched by all the ministries involved have a budgetary impact that exceeds 1.4 billion euros.

“The implementation and launch of the project exceeds 40% of the initial estimate, and we are continuing,” he says characteristically. Finally, regarding the arrangement for the agricultural current, Mr. Triandopoulos notes that “it is a very important relief for the farmers of Thessaly, but also of the other areas affected by the extreme flooding phenomena of September 2023”, which has a seven-year horizon .