Finally, Athens “remembered” Western Thrace! The plan to stop the uncontrolled Turkish expansion
Four and a half decades after the Metapolitism, Athens realized that Western Thrace was part of the Greek state. And that “easy prey” can be made for Turkish expansion, if it is not seriously interested in the substantial and priority development of the remote area.
The importance of the implementation of the plan “Strategic development planning for the development of Eastern Macedonia – Thrace”, issued by the Parliamentary Committee, chaired by former Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, lies, first, in the reappearance of the state of Athens in critical area.
The chairwoman of the cross-party committee Dora Bakoyannis, who coordinated the project, handed over the relevant conclusion for a fortnight to the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou and the Speaker of the Parliament Konstantinos Tassoulas (08/12), making promises for its rapid promotion and implementation.
“A remote area to breathe again for the benefit of our country,” said K. Tassoulas, receiving the plan.
The chairman of the committee underlined that “in essence, the proposal that can change things in Thrace is a very important one”, emphasizing that what it includes “is a job and not a wish list”. In fact, addressing the President of the Republic, she noted that “this is a bet that we intend to win.”
The cross-party was set up unanimously by the Conference of Presidents in July 2020, following a proposal by the Prime Minister and the Plenary, and all wings, collaborators of majorities or minorities, worked with patriotic and non-partisan responsibility.
And in this case, the facts mattered. The intense – directed by the Turkish secret services – immigration attack that Thrace received and its continuous, since then, burden of isolated incidents, which are not made known, pushed the current government to focus on an area that is now identified as endangered . in the near future with. amputation.
In the long absence of the state from the events lies the diverse action of the Turkish consulate in Komotini, with the inflow and distribution of millions of euros from Turkey for the Muslim population, trying to exploit them as the “long arm” of Ankara in the field of Ankara. . and cut off from the Greek trunk.
At 135 pages, the result was the result of the concentration of initiatives and functions of Local Government, associations and associations, chambers, organizations, companies and academic institutions, as well as ordinary citizens, through the special transmission platform established within it.
It includes an extensive study of the primary sector and the modernization of the production model. At the same time, they are promoting important initiatives in key areas, such as the use of smart farming technology practices, linking the primary sector with tourism and start-ups through specific programs, and establishing mechanisms to assess climate change and its impact on agriculture. . and livestock.
As part of the project, technology and digital upgrading of the area are a priority. The work was based in consultation with the Ministry of Digital Government, which is promoting the 5G pilot program in the largest cities of Thrace and the islands of Thassos and Samothrace.
The point is that the elite of Athens, finally, woke up and reacted!