Reportage: Stelios Kandias
The disbursement, today, of the first 3.55 billion from the Recovery Fund to Greece was announced by the European Commissioner for Financial Planning and the Johannes Hahn Budget in the 7th Delphi Economic Forum.
The Commissioner clarified about the 3.55 billion, that 1.6 are related to European subsidies, while the remaining amount is covered by borrowing through the RRF.
In addition, he described the European measures for dealing with the grain crisis as adequate, assuring that there is food security in the EU, while cheap supplies are required for the EU and energy efficiency.
“We are well equipped to withstand this crisis as well. The Next Generation EU program is enough to deal with it,” he said.
On the occasion of war in UkraineMr. Hahn reiterated the need for a European Marshall Plan to rebuild the country and join the Union as soon as possible.
“We do not want to escalate sanctions on Russia, but they may need to do more,” he said, adding that the conflict needed to end. “We have to support the Ukrainians, but at the same time we have to reduce the conflict to avoid a third world war,” he said.
“What we are asking from Greece is to make investments in RES, as it is the only way to get away from fossil fuels as well as investments in energy efficiency,” he pointed out.
“The Greece-Cyprus-Egypt initiative for the transportation of natural gas must be continued. This will increase the resilience of the economy,” he noted.
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