PaSoK: Mitsotakis is an observer of farmers’ issues – 2024-06-23 09:03:29

Kyriakos Mitsotakis is characterised by PaSoK as an “observer of farmers’ issues”, on the event of the Prime Minister’s go to to the Ministry of Rural Improvement.

“Underneath the stress of New Democracy’s low voter turnout within the current European elections, the Prime Minister visited the Ministry of Rural Improvement and Meals to cope with the long-suffering agricultural sector,” the Division of Rural Improvement & Meals and KTE Rural Improvement officers say in a joint assertion of PaSoK, Manolis Chnaris and Christina Starakas.

They emphasize that, throughout Mr. Mitsotakis’ first go to to the ministry 5 years in the past (July 2019), “he had prioritized the upgrading of the first sector as a central political selection of the nation’s improvement mannequin. At the moment, 5 years later, farmers are seeing their incomes shrink. Full failure!”

“The explosive improve in manufacturing prices stays”

“It’s recognized to everybody that in the course of the 5 years of New Democracy’s governance, 5 Ministers of Well being and Welfare have been appointed, with out a structured and arranged agricultural coverage plan having been drawn up”, underline the related heads of the PASoK.

And so they observe that “the explosive improve in manufacturing prices stays. Vitality prices have skyrocketed and the much-hyped ‘GAIA’ rural tariff with its excessive electrical energy costs is unattractive to the overwhelming majority of farmers. For the reason that return of the Particular Oil Consumption Tax, a small advance has been given, which is much from our proposal for its abolition”, whereas they characteristically state that “fertilizers, animal feed and agricultural provides are bought at very excessive costs in Greece in comparison with with the remainder of the EU nations, a proven fact that the nation’s prime minister admits he solely realized about at this time!”.

“Certainly, Mr. Prime Minister, your commentary that paperwork is strangling producers and we’re lagging behind as a rustic within the schooling and coaching of farmers is true. Besides that the duty belongs completely to your companions and the federal government of the New Democracy”, they level out.

“No try and revise ELGA’s working laws”

With regard to the Frequent Agricultural Coverage (CAP), the accountable officers of the PASoK emphasize, “there are nonetheless unpaid quantities from the 2023 help and the platform for submitting IACS declarations for 2024 isn’t useful. OPEKEPE, the paying company, has been positioned underneath European supervision with the imposition of heavy fines, with the chance of dropping its accreditation and never having the ability to pay the CAP subsidies to producers.”

“For 5 years, no try was made to revise ELGA’s working laws. The final revision came about in 2011, and at this time the Company is unable to cowl losses as a result of penalties of the evolving local weather disaster, whereas its money reserves have been exhausted. As for the Restoration Fund, minimal funding is foreseen within the major sector. Greek agriculture is the poor relative”, they observe characteristically.

“For the PASoK, the primary mission is the safety and enhancement of agricultural revenue, the sustainability of agricultural holdings and fishing manufacturing, with the formation and promotion of a pretty and dynamic countryside with a top quality of life and entry to all primary companies” , they conclude