2024-04-28 08:10:50
In her support package Thessaly after the disastrous floods of last September announced by the Prime Minister, the Minister of National Economy and Finance, Kostis Hatzidakis, who was in Volos as part of his tour in Thessaly, but also for the anniversary of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the New Republic.
Mr. Hatzidakis addressing him rural world stressed that “farmers already received compensation amounts in their accounts. A very large majority of the funds that were specifically committed through ERGANI for the farmers of Thessaly have already reached their pockets and around 200 million euros have reached the farmers of Thessaly. Next week the subsidies from the European Union will be given to our farmers. Until the end of April, a fund of 600 million euros will have been given to the farmers of Thessaly, either from compensations or from other sources of aid.”
Kostis Hatzidakis also referred to the difficult times experienced by the residents throughout Thessaly since the apparitions and emphasized that “the memories of everything I saw in those first days in the 4 regional units of Thessaly are always deeply etched in my memory. It is the prime minister’s direction to deal with these issues absolute priority, not only for political, economic and social reasons but also for mainly deeply human reasons”.
Meeting with the mayor of Volos
In the late afternoon Kostis Hatzidakis also visited the town hall of Volos and had a meeting with the mayor Achilleas Beo where during the meeting the issue of financing for a series of projects was again discussed and mainly those related to the restoration of the damages caused by the floods last September.
Earlier, Mr. Hatzidakis also visited the Port of Volos Organization and said that the restoration of the great damage suffered by the port from the bad weather will be done in a period of one year, so that the large cruise ships can again approach the piers of the port Volos, since the bottom rose in many cases even by two meters from the mud and transported materials.
They accompany the Minister of National Economy and Finance to the capital of Magnesia the Regional Governor of Attica Nikos Hardalias and the MEP candidate Giorgos Autias.