A dream of decades for Thessaloniki, the revival of the Government (Palataki) is implemented with the memorandum of cooperation signed between Hellenic Parliament, the Superfund and the State Real Estate Company (ETAD)with the aim of utilizing it, underlined the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Speaker of the Parliament Konstantinos Tasoulas, during the signing ceremony.

“Today is a day of joy and excitement as we take the first step to make it a reality a decades-old dream of the whole of Thessaloniki, which is none other than to return this historic building, so identified with the modern history of Thessaloniki, back to the city, as a public space”, said the Prime Minister and continued: “I emphasize the public nature of the uses, which have to be determined, following the consultation of the Parliament, the Superfund and the ETAD, in order to come to the conclusion that the utilization of public property does not necessarily and always go through the logic of public and private sector partnerships.

The special character of this landmark imposes the solution that was launched and which is none other than that the Parliament essentially acquires a foothold, a permanent presence in Thessaloniki, a space for debates, conferences, a space for culture, a space that can use the building as well as the outside space with equal comfort. This is the vision of the president of the Parliament, this is the vision that the Greek government and I personally support, both as Prime Minister and as a Member of Parliament for Thessaloniki. And I am especially happy about the fact that the Parliament unanimously decided to undertake the cost of repairing this building, so that it can be returned to the society of Thessaloniki as soon as possible”.

Mr. Mitsotakis also thanked the club “Friends of the Government” for the efforts he made to reach the current development.

K. Tasoulas: The Zappeion of Thessaloniki

Until last year, the revival of the Government was a midsummer night’s dream for Thessaloniki, the woes of the region, stressed the president of the Parliament K. Tasoulas and underlined: “It is no longer a dream. It is a plan composed, studied, detailed, with a schedule and with possibility of implementation. This plan says that the Superfund and ETAD, in cooperation with the Hellenic Parliament, will give the local community a renovated, restored and fully functional building that could develop even more into the Zappeion of Northern Greece.” .

Chrysa Arapoglou: Excellent start

The mayor of Kalamaria, Chryssa Arapoglou, expressed her satisfaction with today’s development, who noted that in recent years the coastline of Thessaloniki has been abandoned.

“Unfortunately, in recent years we have evidence of abandonment of the coastline of Thessaloniki, decline, pollution and for us today is an extraordinary moment. It is an extraordinary day, because the restoration of the Government can also drag everything else that needs to be done for the unified development of this coastline, which can change the face and the future of the city. prime minister that the Government is attributed as a public space with a public character,” said the mayor.

At the same time, he noted that the next step should concern the Kodra camp.

The Prime Minister was given a tour of the external premises of the Government by ND MPs and the president of the association “Friends of the Government” Nikos Karakostas, who also informed him about the history of the building.

The ceremony took place against the backdrop of the slogan “Government revives, Thessaloniki is the protagonist” and the Memorandum of Cooperation was signed by the president of the Parliament Konstantinos Tasoulas, the managing director of the Superfund Grigoris Dimitriadis and the managing director of ETAD Iro Hatzigeorgiou.

The ceremony was attended by the Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesman, Pavlos Marinakis, the Deputy Ministers of Health Dimitris Vartzopoulos, Macedonia and Thrace, Stathis Konstantinidis, MPs, the Governor of Central Macedonia Apostolos Tzitzikostas, the Mayor of Thessaloniki Stelios Angeloudis and others.