He underlined that there may be a greater subsidy for oil if it becomes the main means of heating.
Incentives in the private sector for the substitution of natural gas were announced by the Deputy Minister of Finance Theodoros Skylakakis.
Speaking to ANT1, he admitted that the “switch” to oil from natural gas is not easy to do, however he noted that there will be incentives to use the burners.
He even underlined that there might be more oil subsidy if it is the main means of heating.
The Deputy Minister of Finance said that an international recession is expected, however, as he said, the Greek economy will avoid it, although the rate of growth will decrease.
However, he emphasized that the government does not predict that we will go into a winter with “crazy” fuel prices. “The key to next winter is called natural gas,” he said.
Regarding businesses, he said that energy costs also affect them.
“Energy costs enter every business. The pressure on imports is real. But there are cases where businesses prepare for the worst or take advantage of the situation,” he said characteristically and added that there will be random checks on businesses.
He also revealed that allowances that will be abolished due to the increase in property values ​​will be reviewed, while pointing out that there will be changes to the heating allowance.
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