By Penelope Galliou

At a time when the country seems to be entering the pre-election period ahead of the European elections on June 6, Kyriakos Mitsotakis is starting the coming week with a double message on the one hand to the farmers and the victims of Thessaly, with the meetings he is holding today at Megaro Maximos and on the other hand, inside the blue faction and its members from the ND pre-conference today in Thessaloniki, at the Vellideo conference center, where he will be the main speaker.

The meetings with the Thessalians and the government plan

With the priority of the government remaining the relief of the people of Thessaly and the restoration of the disasters caused by the “Daniel” disaster last September, Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomes this morning (11.00) at Megaros Maximos the representatives of the institutional bodies of the region and immediately after ( 12.30) the representatives of the rural bodies of Thessaly.

After all, as he himself has repeatedly stated, their will is to continue the dialogue with the representatives of the primary sector, as had happened during their meeting in February.

After all, as Mr. Mitsotakis himself had stated, his will is to continue the dialogue with the representatives of the primary sector, as had happened in their meeting in mid-February with the representatives of the primary sector.

During the meeting, it is expected that all issues related to the disasters suffered by the people of Thessaly as well as compensation to the affected producers will be discussed.

Special mention will be made of the issue of Lake Karla, where approximately 120,000 acres remain under water. The Thessalian farmers ask for a specific timetable for the drainage of the water, but also a solution to avoid similar situations in the future.

In addition, they will ask the prime minister for immediate payment of the compensations from the floods, bringing back the request for immediate measures to replenish the income for 2024, reducing production costs, not implementing the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) but also restoration and flood protection projects armor of Thessaly.

For his part, the prime minister is expected to refer to the Master Planpresented to him a few days ago by the Dutch company “HVA International” for the management of water and floods for the purpose of the reconstruction of Thessaly.

It describes, among other things, actions to strengthen dikes, dams, special proposals such as the one to avoid future floods in Lake Karla, the protection of cities from water in cases of severe weather and others. All proposals are accompanied by the corresponding schedules and cost estimates. In addition, a strategic plan for agricultural production, animal husbandry and related industry is also included, while various measures and actions that will benefit the region are included.

As the prime minister himself announced during his weekly online review, the Dutch Marter Plan for the flood protection of Thessaly will be put up for public consultation next week so that, as he said, proposals and objections can be submitted immediately, and they can start immediately projects.

“It will be put up for public consultation next week so that the involved ministries and of course the Thessalians themselves can make their comments where necessary and then we will select the best solutions so that without delay – within the next few months – we can proceed with the required projects” noted Kyriakos Mitsotakis

From the government camp, however, it has already been made clear for a long time that the government will not stop addressing the problems of the farmers and breeders of Thessaly, but also of all those affected.as we did from the first moment and we continue“.

The messages from the pre-conference and the “particularity” of Macedonia

A few hours after the Prime Minister’s meeting with the people of Thessalon, from the platform of the ND pre-conference, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will give the “opening fire” of the pre-election period for the European elections, in view of the party congress, from April 5 to 7, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the faction.

The choice of Thessaloniki has a double goal for the government, as beyond the symbolic character it also has a deep political aim.

Given that Northern Greece is a separate axis of the ND’s pre-election strategy due to the peculiarities that were also recorded during the previous pre-election period of the national elections.

The risk for leaks to the right of the SW still remains “active”, with the result that the readiness of all executives, the vigilance and the mobilization of the party’s base become even more necessary, on the way to the European elections.

Besides, the prime minister himself and all the government officials have already given the ballot box of the European elections, characteristics of a national ballot box to which the citizens are not meant to resort to with laxity, and in this context the visits, the tours to the prefectures of Macedonia are expected to intensify the next period, unfolding the “special” strategy for Northern Greece.