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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-01-03
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[01] Labour Min Katrougalos: Bill on social security reforms will pass
[02] 2007-2013 NSRF funds successfully absorbed
[01] Labour Min Katrougalos: Bill on social security reforms will pass
The draft law for the social security reforms will be tabled in
Parliament in January because it is a prior action for the first
evaluation, Labour Minister George Katrougalos said in an interview
"Ethnos" newspaper on Sunday.
"I am in close and constant contact with the deputies of the government
majority and I am certain that they will vote for a fair and necessary
reform," he underlined.
The Greek minister, however, said that the negotiation will be difficult
as some of the lenders are particularly obsessed with cuts and so the
government looks for a foothold on the diplomatic level.
[02] 2007-2013 NSRF funds successfully absorbed
The absorption of the 2007-2013 National Strategic Reference Framework
(NSRF) funds was successfully completed, according to the data of the
Economy Ministry.
Moreover, the new programmes for the 2014-2020 NSRF funds will be issued
in the immediate future, it added.
"We achieved the full implementation of the 2015 Public Investment
Program, and in just three months (October to December 2015), 5 billion
euro funds were allocated to the real economy, exceeding even the
optimistic target of 4.5 billion euros until the end of 2015 we had set
in the government policy statements. Overall, 6.4 billion euros were
allocated in 2015," Deputy Economy Minister Alexis Charitsis stated.
These major developments for the Greek economy, despite the particularly
difficult fiscal climate, are a result of hard work and concerted effort
to enhance the absorption of structural funds as well as of the successful
negotiation of the Economy Ministry with the European Commission.
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