Press conference with the central theme of “thaw” of three years this time is granted by the Minister of Labor & Social Security, Adonis Georgiadis, the Deputy Ministers Vassilis Spanakis, Panos Tsakloglou and the General Secretaries Anna Stratinaki and Nikos Milapidis.

The main points of the briefing by the Minister of Labor Adonis Georgiadis:

  • Unemployment is decreasing, the economy is doing very well, we have a record unemployment rate
  • The pressure to find new workers in many industries is constantly intensifying
  • The fall in unemployment will continue in the coming months
  • The three-year unfreezing was a pre-election commitment, it was a will, not an afterthought

For retroactivity at the unfreezing of the three years he emphasized that “the acts of the cabinet of 2012 proceeded to suspension of the 3-year application. Suspension never creates issues of retroactivity.”

Mr. Georgiadis added that the government is not going to blow up the good image of the economy, he emphasized that it is a balanced regulation, it protects the rights of workers and accelerates the salary evolution, it takes into account the competitiveness of the economy.

“With these criteria, we arrived at this regulation that will be legislated immediately,” emphasized the Minister of Labor.