Papathanasis: Greece among top EU countries in fund absorption

Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance, Nikos Papathanasis, stressed during the parliamentary statement connected the measure “Strengthening Development Program Services and Related Organizational and Administrative Issues” that “greater absorption of European and nationalist funds means stronger economical growth, greater enactment for society, betterment successful regular life, and much jobs — particularly for young people.”

Responding to criticisms voiced publicly, Papathanasis emphasized that Greece remains among the apical European countries successful absorbing funds from the ESPA (National Strategic Reference Framework) and the Recovery Fund, citing authoritative European Union data.

“Examine the authoritative information much cautiously and halt dismissing nationalist efforts,” helium addressed the opposition, adding that these measurable results bespeak methodical regular enactment that is recognized internationally.

However, helium stressed that complacency is not an option:
“We bash not privation to suffer momentum. We are establishing provisions aimed astatine adjacent faster processes successful presumption of upcoming revisions and caller European priorities, some wrong ESPA and the Recovery Fund. We indispensable stay beardown and assertive due to the fact that determination is an ongoing large treatment astir Cohesion Policy. We cannot suffer crushed — we indispensable execute our nationalist goals. This measure aims to trim bureaucracy, fortify services and absorption capacity, enabling adjacent greater absorption of funds. This volition let america to redirect resources toward housing, h2o management, and innovation — without losing a azygous euro.”

On criticisms regarding operational changes, helium said pointedly:
“Where is the deficiency of transparency erstwhile unit are selected done ASEP (the autarkic nationalist employment authority)? Some opposed this due to the fact that they wanted ESPA to stay a closed system. We are opening it up. Incoming unit volition beryllium civilian servants, evaluated for their roles. We request engineers, economists, and different specialists. All changes intelligibly people bureaucracy simplification and faster processes. For the archetypal time, we are opening ESPA to nationalist servants. Why is this an issue? Don’t you spot them? Don’t they person worth and capability? We bash this to velocity up absorption. I would expect everyone to enactment this.”

Papathanasis besides reaffirmed the Government’s committedness to sphere the nationalist quality of the Thessaloniki International Fair and to upgrade it arsenic a nationalist project, funded done the Public Investment Program. The expanded Administrative Board volition see representatives of workers, the Municipality of Thessaloniki, and the Region of Central Macedonia.

Additionally, an advisory committee volition beryllium formed with representatives from section organizations specified as: the Hellenic Industrial Association, the Exporters Association (SEVE), the Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Professional Chamber of Thessaloniki, the Thessaloniki Craftsmen Chamber, the Thessaloniki Commercial Association, and the Greek Tourism Enterprises Association.

“Upgrading the Fair astatine its existent determination is expected to adhd worth to the city, heighten commercialized transactions, and make jobs — not lone for Thessaloniki and Northern Greece but for the full Balkans — fulfilling the developmental relation Thessaloniki deserves,” Papathanasis concluded.