Papastavrou at the 4th Economic Conference of “N”: EYDAP will remain public – Water is a public good and will remain accessible and cheap

The Minister of Environment and Energy, Stavros Papastavrou, referred to the program to code water scarcity successful Attica speaking astatine the 4th Economic Conference of Naftemporiki.

Papastavrou emphasized: “The information is becoming much pessimistic each year. Until 2021, our reservoirs had a stable 1.1 cardinal cubic meters. From '22 onwards, we person 250 cardinal losses each year. At the aforesaid time, rainfall has decreased, I think, to 25%. Τhis creates a script successful which we request to take action. This is not the archetypal clip that Attica has faced the improvement of water scarcity.”

“The top water scarcity improvement that our state has faced successful the past 100 years was successful 1990. This was the astir pessimistic script for the state and for the Attica region. And that’s when the studies by Konstantinos Mitsotakis began for the Evinos project. It got us this far. Now we request to plan a measurement for a semipermanent λύση to the water scarcity improvement successful Attica. And this is the Evrytos project. It is an emblematic task which is scheduled to beryllium completed successful 2029,” the Minister of Environment and Energy pointed out.

“In the meantime, however, there is simply a request for short-term projects and EYDAP is moving specific drilling projects, which will yield astir 150 cardinal annually when completed and frankincense will supply a breather until the semipermanent task is completed,” helium stated, stressing besides the request for water conservation.

“EYDAP is and will stay successful the nationalist sector”

Asked whether we should expect increases successful water tariffs, Papastavrou replied: “The institution has submitted its information to the autarkic regulatory authority, which will measure it. What I want to item is the committedness of the Prime Minister and the governmental enactment of the ministry that EYDAP is and will stay successful the nationalist sector. Water is simply a nationalist bully and will stay accessible and cheap.”

“We presently person the cheapest and cleanest-quality water successful Europe.”

“Greece is simply a strategic vigor spouse for the US”

Referring to the ministerial league connected transatlantic cooperation, Papastavrou pointed out: “I think that the contented of vigor has acquired a geopolitical magnitude that allows our state to beryllium a strategic vigor spouse for the US.”

“The US does not person afloat alignment with the EU connected the contented of energy, but they hold connected the contented of independency from Russian earthy gas. Ten days ago, the Council of Ministers decided to wholly go autarkic from Russian earthy state by 2028. A conscious effort is being made by the EU and America to activate the vertical axis so that these countries tin beryllium disconnected from the dependence they had connected Russia,” the curate said.