Economy - published on 11 November 2021
Commissioner Sinkevičius is on official visit to Greece on 11 and 12 November where he will meet Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis; Minister of Rural Development and Food,
Spilios Livanos; Minister of Environment, Konstantinos Skrekas; Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Christos Stylianides; and the Mayor of Athens, Kostas
Bakoyannis.
He will also deliver a speech at the joint Parliamentary session of the EU Affairs and Protection of the Environment Committees on the implementation of the European Green Deal. Commissioner
Sinkevičius will visit areas in Varybobi that burnt in the wildfires this summer and in Parnitha mountain that burnt in 2007, to look at the progress of projects for the protection
and restoration of the natural environment, largely financed by the
Recovery and Resilience Fund.
Main topics of discussion during the visit will include the protection of biodiversity and implementation of the recent Forest Strategy,
especially in the context of burnt areas and reforestation, as well as sustainability of marine ecosystems and preservation of marine biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea region.