Absolutely institutional as Prime Minister’s attitude toward his case OPECEPE The Minister of Rural Development and Food Costas Tsiarasduring an interview with Action24 to Dimitris Kambourakis and Vangelis Yakoumis.

According to Mr Tsiaras, the situation in the organization is not the result of a recent error, but of a deep, timeless pathogenesis that the political system has failed to control: “Anyone who claims that he did not know what was happening to OPEKEPE in recent years is obviously pretending. We have to be honest with each other. ” Special reference made to the numbers that capture the distortion of the statements system. “There is no average of milk production by a half -animal animal to be 200 kg and a pure -blooded 350, and in Greece to record average milk production, just over 60 kg. These numbers are relentless. They are over, “he noted.

Referring to the illegally paid aid, he stressed that a mechanism of recovery of money paid by illegal supporting documents would be created, noting that it aims to operate OPEKEPE. “The period of purification has begun. OPECEPE enters another era with complete transparency, pure processes and zero tolerance for illegality, “he said. And recalled that in the past few months, 53m euros were recovered from aid paid irregularities by the Agency, under the responsibility of previous administrations.

YPATA mentioned in detail the institutional deficit that has characterized OPEKEPE for years, with incomplete technical support system, lack of grazing management plans and insufficient maps: “We failed to build a functioning model capable of controlling the process. We had no fixed technical advisor. There were no special maps, grazing plans, the necessary checks. These are the ones that allow false animals, land, productions, and ultimately receive subsidies that do not correspond to reality. “

This gap, he said, led to the well -known administrative fines imposed by the European Commission – but which, as he clarified, must be separated from the illegal payments and investigation of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office: “It is another 415m euros in administrative fines and the money that some have received. Obviously they are linked, but the fine is not imposed for it. Administrative fines are offended, and some of them have already fallen, “he said, reiterating that the fine will be appealed.

The minister stressed that the ministry is already implementing an Action Plan which has been agreed with the Commission’s Directorate -General for Agriculture: “The action plan is not a generalist. Includes clear interventions, new procedures, recruitment of scientists, strengthening controls. There is already a Government Gazette for 100 extra recruitment. ” He made it clear that special controls would be proceeded with the biological livestock programs and beekeeping programs, as he said, “they will give us critical data on what was happening in previous years.”