Empowering farmers, but wisely 2024-02-22 14:37:15

While the negotiations on how many tractors will come to Athens on Tuesday continue, Kyriakos Mitsotakis yesterday, in his usual post on fb, referring to the issue, made it clear that the government cannot jeopardize what it has achieved in the fiscal and added : “Last Tuesday I met with a large delegation of farmers from all over Greece. We had a sober dialogue, I listened attentively to their reasonable anxieties and announced two additional measures to support them -cheaper electricity for all producers within the limits of the cost of electricity production for a decade and an advance payment of the 40 million euro tax refund at the end of March- along with the commitment to change for the fairer based on production volumes the return from 2025. Rewarding and supporting the consistent and real producers who fight every day in the field is a priority for us. Because this is how we support both the primary sector from the field to the shelf, but also the consumer with better prices.” At the same time, the prime minister, referring to the new Common Agricultural Policy, said:

“In addition, the Commission is promoting a regulation that provides for the partial exemption of European farmers – and therefore Greeks – from the rule of land use for fallow land. The regulation has already entered into force, it will be applied retroactively from 1/1 to 12/31/2024. It was also our proposal, while socialist governments of the E.U. they objected. I won’t repeat here what we have done in total since 2019 for the world of primary production. The problems are many and complex. We will certainly continue to stand firmly by their side, but always taking into account the country’s fiscal capacity. We cannot jeopardize what we have achieved.”

After the initial “no” of the Minister of Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis, it seems that it is decided to follow a surveillance strategy, with the EL.AS headquarters. to specify the operational plan for the entry of tractors into Athens. In general, EL.AS. he does not think that the tractors will exceed 170. As for their march to the center of Athens on Tuesday, this will be done with the assistance-escort of EL.AS.

A general meeting will be held today as well, in which the business plan of the Hellas will be finalized, which will be adapted to the situation, as it will be shaped specifically by the number of agricultural machines and also the buses with farmers that are expected to move to Athens .

Penal Code

The aim is to deal with “small and medium” crime

Regarding the passing of the bill with the amendments to the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure, he argued that “the goal of the changes is to deal with “small and medium” crime, with the main means being the imposition of penalties. This is intended to combat both the feeling of impunity and increase citizen security. Two illustrative examples: suspension of sentence for misdemeanors is changing from the rule to the exception, and parole will be at the substantive discretion of the Judicial Council depending on the seriousness of the crime and the individual characteristics of the offender. The bill also introduces regulations to speed up the procedures and time of the criminal trial. Among other things, it foresees high monetary fines for the two-maniacs and those who, with fraudulent and unfounded lawsuits, arbitrarily occupy the mechanism of the administration of Justice. Of particular importance are the new provisions for the further protection of minor victims of domestic violence”.

Finally, the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at 17:00, will have a meeting with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, at the Maximos Palace.

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