‘Farmers will get subsidies normally’
“We have taken over the part of the responsibility that is responsible for us. Last time there have been many steps in the process of consolidating the OPECEPE“, Said the Minister of Rural Development and Food, Costas Tsiaras.
Speaking to Mega, the minister stressed that the way European resources are distributed is a pathogen that holds from the distant past.
“OPEKEPE has been in planning action – agreement with the European Commission for about 9 months that it is under the supervision of the Ministry of Rural Development”fill in.
As he pointed out, all complaints that arrived at the Ministry of Rural Development have been forwarded to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, and added that applications for organic beekeeping exceeded any limit, demanding 166m euros in subsidies.
Then, as Kostas Tsiaras said: “From 2016 onwards there is a geometric increase in issues related to how subsidies are requested. We have entered a process of checking those involved in the process. It is a multifactorial issue, involving many persons. “
“Our first priority is the refund of money that some have taken illegally”said Kostas Tsiaras, stressing that a team with the Financial Police, AADE and other control mechanisms were set up.
Finally, as he explained, the fine for the OPEKEPE scandal will be withheld from the subsequent installments given by the European Commission.