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Greek parliament committee approves over 170 million euro support for regional airports
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A Greek parliamentary committee approved a finance ministry bill on Tuesday that will provide 177.9 million euros to 14 regional airports managed by Germany-based Fraport.
The bill ratifies an agreement between the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) and Fraport for aid compensating for losses due to restrictive coronavirus measures.
Ruling New Democracy supported it, main opposition Syriza-Progressive Alliance and Movement for Change (KINAL) reserved judgment for the plenary debate, and the Greek Communist Party, Greek Solution and MeRA25 rejected the bill.
Finance Minister Christos Staikouras met with party representatives at his office to provide information before the committee’s decision.
A citizen’s right to vote may be considered inalienable and easier than ever thanks to technology currently available, however the ability of Greeks abroad to exercise this right as stipulated by the Greek Constitution seems to be unnecessarily complicated.
The simple and fair solution would be a postal vote as is the case in many European countries, however the present law passed in 2019, requires Greeks abroad vote at Greek consulates even if they live thousands of miles away. Amendments to the bill were presented in April and it was hoped that these would facilitate voting rights for the diaspora, however the bill presented by the conservative New Democracy (ND) Government was defeated in Greek Parliament.