EU approves multi-billion dollar relief for Greece’s economic recovery

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The European Union (EU) has approved 30.5 billion euros ($48.062 billion) for Greece’s economic recovery plan in an announcement on Thursday. 

Greece will receive 17.8 billion euros in grants and 12.7 billion euros in loans through to 2026. 

“Today, I’m very happy to announce that the European Commission has decided to give its green light to Greece’s recovery and resilience plan, Greece 2.0,” the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced at a ceremony under the Acropolis.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made the announcement alongside the European Commission’s Ursula von der Leyen (Γ.Τ. Πρωθυπουργού/ Δημήτρης Παπαμήτσος)

The approval “follows a thorough assessment by the commission” of Greece’s plans, she announced while standing alongside Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. 

The total assistance from the EU equals to about 16 percent of Greece’s national output and there are hopes it will grow the economy by as much as 7 percentage points over the next six years to 2027.

Greece’s post-pandemic economic recovery plan is known as ‘Greece 2.0’ or ‘the Greek Plan’ (Photo: primeminister.gr)

The European Union’s approval now has to be supported by EU finance ministers next month to facilitate the disbursement of 4 billion euros to Greece for projects earmarked by the Greek plan. 

Mitsotakis said the Greek plan consists of “175 critical investments, works and reforms”, in the environmental, employment, private investment, and digital reform sectors. 

“Today marks the last act of the turbulence the pandemic brought and the start of the recovery plan,” Mitsotakis said. 

“A fairer welfare means a stronger democracy.”

The Greek plan aims to recover from the blows dealt by the pandemic and improve the economy’s social and environmental footprint and make it more ‘digitalised’. 

Source: Independent

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