The Greek government today approved the award of 14 regional airports to the German consortium Fraport-Slentel by 1,230 million euros , according to a government decree published Tuesday. The measure is the first in a series of commitments made by the leftist Syriza government in exchange for a new rescue -the third- public debt.
The granting of airport management to the German company for a period of forty to fifty , who had received the approval of the previous government, had been put on hold after the election last January the prime minister left, Alexis Tsipras.
In July, the Greek agency for privatization Taiped reissue the tender, asking that the consortium was newly appointed and conclude the transaction. The decree published Tuesday in the Official Journal states that the Greek government “adopted” the decision Taiped
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The decree is signed by the Deputy Prime Minister Yannis Dragasakis ; Finance Minister, Euclid Tsakalotos ; Minister of Economy, Giorgos Stathakis ; and Minister of Energy and Productive Development, Panos Skourletis .
In November 2014, before the arrival of Tsipras to power, the German company won the tender organized by Taiped by 1,230 million euros. It also would have to pay rent of 22.9 million euros annually to the Greek State
In a statement, Fraport is delighted to have won the” privatization tender ” and to become the “new owner”.
“is the first action of the memorandum for general sale in Greece “
airports concerned are located in tourist cities in the country , as Thessaloniki, Corfu, Rhodes, Kos and Santorini.
This is the first privatization of government infrastructure Syriza, after hard commitments as a condition to receive a new bailout by creditors of 86,000 million euros.
In April, Greece had privatized rights Horseracing , operation also began the previous government, for 20 years cediéndolas a subsidiary of the company grecocheca sports betting Opap by 40.5 million euros.
Creditors of the euro area require Greece creation of a privatization fund 50,000 million euros which includes ports, airports and railways primarily – that will be managed by Athens but supervised by international institutions
The left wing of Syriza, critique from. the vote on this agreement includes numerous austerity measures, reacted immediately on Tuesday on its website.
“This is the first action of the memorandum (aid plan) for general sale in Greece,” complains in an article posted on its Web Platform Left Syriza
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