The Minister of Development, Minister of Development, was attended by the Minister of Development at the New Year’s Eve of the New Year’s Eve pie at the Ilia Chamber of Ilia at the Conference Center of the Regional Unit of Ilia. Takis Theodorikakos. All the MPs of the Prefecture were present, the mayors of the area, the Regional Governor of Western Greece, representatives of the Church, the President of the EBEA, Yiannis Bratakos and hundreds of citizens who created a warm atmosphere.

“Ilia has a strong primary sector and we want to continue, to strengthen, to be modernized and exploited by the manufacturing industry. Entrepreneurs in the area must take advantage of the development law that will begin in April with significant amounts of money in order to invest in this area, ”said Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos.

Mr Theodorikakos said that at late June, 85% of Patras – Pyrgos and the whole until the end of the year, a road project very useful for Ilia, but also for the entire road of Greece, is expected to be released. He also pointed out that “we will also assist in the tourism sector next two years and will also use a separate regime of the development law that will concern business extroversion. I hope that this too will be able to be exploited by the small and medium -sized businesses in the prefecture of Ilia. “

He emphasized that “small and medium -sized businesses for smaller investment will be able to use the Delfi program of the Development Bank. For large investments that I think you need to attract in the region, there will be a guarantee of the European Investment Bank, with guarantees of the Greek state of 300 million euros that are projected to create leverage for investment throughout Greece of 1.5 billion. euro, with much better terms on interest rates and the duration of lending. The business world of Ilia can use these opportunities. “

Mr Theodorikakos recalled that “Ilia has a huge historical, cultural reserve of global range and reference. Because here the Olympics and the highest values ​​of mankind were born. There is nothing more important and great than the fact that every four years, billions of people are turning their eyes to the land of Ilia, in Olympia, in our country. These are the values ​​of Hellenism and are universal values ​​that lead the whole humanity ahead. “

The Minister of Development emphasized the difficult international landscape around the world, but Greece has managed to have strong growth rates in recent years of 2%, to reduce unemployment from 18%to 9%, creating 500,000 new positions. Labor, reduce taxes and insurance contributions, abolish the business fee, already increase the minimum wage. He also referred to the productive reconstruction of the Greek economy, with an emphasis on industry and productive investment, as well as the priority that will be given to the border areas, in order to give young children to stay in their place, to implement their plan and to create their family there. “We are aiming to reduce regional inequalities with the development law,” he said.