“None of the great works that the prime minister has made has progressed.”
Attack on Western Macedonia was launched by Kozani, SYRIZA President Socrates Famellos, during his introductory speech at the meeting with the agencies of the region.
“If one wants to find an example of destructive policy at a pan -European level on the issues of apoliticalization he will find it in Western Macedonia, which is implemented by Mr Mitsotakis, if one wants to find the synonyms of poverty and abandonment, he will find them in Western Macedonia and WEST MACEDONIA ยป.
Mr Famellos stressed that “no of the great projects the prime minister has made” and that “of the 7.5 billion of the fair transition program have only been absorbed by only a few thousand euros”. He described in dark colors the situation in the area where, as he pointed out, “there is a climate of despair with young people not only leaving, but not returning and those who left worked in tourism”.
He stressed that the government’s decisions were financially bankrupt the municipalities of the area with the exorbitant energy costs and that the prime minister had dropped the “ball” of responsibility on the issues of district heating in municipalities, instead of taking over. “It is Mr Mitsotakis’ responsibility to find not only a solution to the issue of heating the cities of Western Macedonia, but the solutions are at such a cost that citizens can pay for it.”
He recalled that SYRIZA had established the Fund for a fair transition since 2018, with the first money in its budget, stressing that in the present situation, as things have been formed “changing the region’s productive model can only be done if we expel this government and its choices”. He also spoke of “abandoning lignite territories in the area” and described as “the conversion of the Ptolemais-5 unit into a natural gas unit” and in a categorical manner he spoke against the planned waste burning in the area announced by the PPC President.