SYRIZA – PS / Calls on Maximou to explain the 2.5 billion euro fraud from the Recovery Fund

Answers from Maximos Palace as well as the Ministry of Development as well as him list of all businesses which were financed until now with funds from the Recovery Fundrequests the Press Office of SYRIZA-PS on the occasion of Politico’s revelations that 2.5 billion euros made “wings”.

As noted in the announcement of SYRIZA-PS, the Greek government appears “absolutely exposedin relation to the question of financing projects from the Recovery Fund”.

And he clarifies that “today’s revelations in front page topic of the European news site Politicofor investigations in relation to possible fraud in the allocation of 2.5 billion euros of the Recovery Fund to only 10 companies in Greece, confirm all the objections that SYRIZA PS has filed so far regarding the selective allocation of European funds”.

In particular, from Koumoundourou they emphasize that “according to the publication, the investigation for possible fraud has been confirmed by the European Prosecutor’s Office, while the Greek Competition Commission has already carried out checks at the offices of three major mobile phone companies, at five companies IT and two consulting firms. The investigation in our country focuses on the procedures of public tenders, as the companies involved are accused of colluding in order not to compete for the same contract, thus limiting the number of companies that benefited.

“It is obvious that after Politico’s revelations both the Maximos Palace and the Ministry of Development they must give immediate answersas well as the list of all the companies that have been financed so far with funds from the Recovery Fund” is finally underlined in the announcement of Press Office of SYRIZA-PS.