Burning privatization issues

The government is facing hard legislative and executive work ahead to complete the privatization projects that have been ongoing for a long time and to proceed with others that have run into problems. At the same time, it will take an extra push to start other projects concerning the privatization of state assets that have not been utilized.

And all this in a period when the state asset privatization fund (TAIPED) requires staffing and significant expansion to operate as the central mechanism for the maturation of projects the government wishes to advance in the context both of the Next Generation EU fund and the Public Investments Program in general.

The list of pending projects includes major privatizations such as the Elliniko development, the Egnatia Odos highway, the two units of the Public Gas Corporation (DEPA Infrastructures and DEPA Commercial) and minor ones...