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Greek Parliament debates Fisheries Code and agricultural aid

Overview

The Greek Parliament continues to debate a bill from the Ministry of Rural Development and Food concerning the Fisheries Code and agricultural regulations. While much of the focus remains on Article 74—a provision intended to resolve OPEKEPE subsidy deadlocks for 50,000 producers affected by forest maps—the scope of opposition criticism has expanded.

Opposition members have raised concerns regarding the broader implications of the legislation, which also seeks to regulate meat profession schools and the Registry of Farmers and Agricultural Holdings. Vassilis Metaxas of the Communist Party (KKE) argued that the bill fails to protect small-scale fishermen, farmers, and beekeepers, alleging instead that it favors large aquaculture companies and facilitates the concentration of marine resources among major business groups.

Additionally, PASOK representative Manolis Chnaris highlighted technical failures within the ‘myAgro’ platform used for the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS). Chnaris noted that only 15,000 applications had been finalized out of 600,000 potential beneficiaries, warning that these functional deficiencies could prevent farmers from receiving essential basic subsidies before upcoming deadlines.

Entities

New Democracy · Ministry of Rural Development and Food · Hellenic Parliament · Greek Parliament · PASOK

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Timeline

  1. 2 days ago

    [POLITICS] 4 sources
    Greek opposition criticizes new agricultural and fisheries bill

    Greek opposition politicians have criticized a new agricultural and fisheries bill, citing concerns over the concentration of aquaculture power and technical failures in the ‘myAgro’ subsidy platform.

  2. 4 days ago

    [POLITICS] 12 sources
    Greek Parliament debates Fisheries Code and OPEKEPE subsidy settlement

    The Greek Parliament is debating a Fisheries Code bill featuring a controversial provision (Article 74) to settle 2018-2022 OPEKEPE subsidy claims, amid opposition claims of an amnesty for scandal participants.

  3. 6 days ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources
    Greek Parliament committee approves Fishing Code reform bill

    A Greek parliamentary committee has approved a major reform of the Fishing Code, aiming to modernize the sector after 56 years, despite strong opposition from fishermen and various political parties.

Sources

aixmi-news.gr · capital.gr · dete.gr · e-thessalia.gr · epiruspost.gr · fonimaleviziou.gr · iefimerida.gr · makthes.gr · newsbeast.gr · pasok.gr · pelop.gr · rethemnosnews.gr · rethnea.gr · thepressroom.gr · tromaktiko.gr · tvxs.gr · ypaithros.gr · zougla.gr

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