Greece Pledges €20 Billion for Agricultural Sector Investment

Greece Pledges €20 Billion for Agriculture as Schinas Targets EU Farm Policy Overhaul

Greece will invest more than 20 billion euros in its agricultural sector over the next six years, Rural Development and Food Minister Margaritis Schinas announced, framing the package as both a domestic modernization drive and a strategic position ahead of negotiations over the European Union's next Common Agricultural Policy. Mr. Schinas, a former European Commission Vice-President who took the agriculture portfolio following a recent cabinet reshuffle, unveiled the funding commitment duri...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA