Greece privatize 14 airports as part of the agreement for a third bailout – The Nation Costa Rica

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The Greek government approved the grant of 14 regional airports to the German consortium Fraport-Slentel by 1,230 million euros, according to a decree published Tuesday in the Official Gazette.

The privatization of airports form part of the agreement with the country’s creditors, adopted on August 14 by Parliament Greek.

Creditors require the establishment of a privatization fund 50,000 million euros as ports, airports and railways mainly-that will be managed by Athens but supervised by international institutions.

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The transfer of airport management to the German company for a period of 40-50 years, who had received the approval of the previous government, was put on hold after the election in January last Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras left.

In July, the Greek agency for privatization Taiped reissue the tender, asking that the consortium was appointed again and conclude the transaction.

The decree published Tuesday in the Official Journal states that the Greek government “adopted” the decision Taiped.

The decree is signed by Deputy Prime Minister Yannis Dragasakis, Finance Minister Euclides Tsakalotos, Economy Minister Giorgos Stathakis and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis and Productive Development.

In November 2014, before Tsipras’s arrival to power, the German company had won the tender organized by Taiped by 1,230 million euros. It will also have to pay rent of 22.9 million euros annually to the Greek State

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In a statement, Fraport is delighted to have won the “privatization tender” and become the “new owner”.

The airports concerned are located in tourist cities like Thessaloniki, Corfu, Rhodes, Kos and Santorini.

This is the first privatization of government infrastructure Syriza.

In April, Greece had privatized the rights of horse betting operation that also initiated the previous government, cediéndolas for 20 years . a subsidiary of grecocheca sports betting company Opap by 40.5 million euros

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The left wing of Syriza, criticism from voting on this agreement includes numerous austerity measures in exchange for 86,000 million euros, on Tuesday reacted immediately on your website .

“is the first action of the memorandum (aid plan) for general sale in Greece,” a complaint posted on its website the Platform Left Syriza article.