GREEN DEAL GREECE 2024-Androulakis: Greece does not have a national plan for Sustainable, Resilient and Fair Development

The government has failed to promote a substantial modernization in the productive base of the economy, in the infrastructure, in the energy autonomy of the country. Unfortunately, the Greek people are paying dearly for these lost opportunities, either with the high prices or with the increase in inequalities and the deterioration of the quality of life both in the urban centers and in the regional areas, said the president of PASOK-Movement of Change, Nikos Androulakis, speaking on Monday afternoon at the "Green Deal Greece 2024" conference organized by the Technical Chamber of Greece, at the Conference Center of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

Androulakis made a comparison between the dramatic images from Thessaly last year and the current ones from Valencia, Spain, regarding infrastructure security. "The government has wasted too much time," he noted.

"Even today, if the implementation of a full anti-flood plan in Kifissos were to start, it would take 10 years to complete it," Androulakis emphasized and referred to the embarrassing, for a modern European state, situation prevailing in the Greek railway.

"After the unspeakable tragedy of Tempi, we have witnessed dangerous incidents ... Who is responsible for this mess?" he wondered.

"While the rest of Europe is moving with green high-speed trains, Northern Greece ... lacks railway connections," he added.

The president of PASOK-Movement of Change also underlined that substantial political will is needed to modernize the law on awarding public contracts.

 

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