‘We’ve taken steps but need to be done more about the deep state. PPC is not in the situation in 2019. EFKA, AADE, the digital dimension of the state itself. But OSE is not one of these examples. The battle against the deep state is our obligation. Not to say, but to do things. And at the end of four years to say “We said it, we did“. This was pointed out by the Vice President of the Government Kostis Hatzidakis Speaking today at the conference organized by the cycle of ideas for national reconstruction on “Greece after VIII: Europe, Greece and the storm of new challenges. Looking for a reference framework. “

Answering a question With reference to his new dutiesMr. Hatzidakis focused on two elements: the coordination of financial and productive ministries and especially projects “whose – as he said – I have been a lover for several years ».

To coordinationthe will of the government is to Greater emphasis not so much in ‘macro“(Where the upgrades of the economy show and the execution of the budget things are going well) but in”small” That is, investments, exports, competition and competitiveness of the economy. “With concerted interventions by the relevant ministries, to run faster not by doing a thousand things but some basic and essential interventions deemed necessary by the market,” he said.

In terms of special projects, One of them will be OSE. “Of course, the burden falls on the relevant ministry. But because there are functions and things that have to run with speed and coordination, it is something the prime minister has commissioned. I am glad that there are two young people in the leadership of the ministry, Mr Dimas and Mr Kyranakis with whom we will work together to get the quick results we owe to citizens for decades. “

To a question about utilization of surplus him budget to reinforce the citizens’ incomeMr. Hatzidakis quoted the interventions already announced (a new increase in the minimum wage in a few days, a corresponding increase in public salaries, a special allowance for the Armed Forces and Security Forces, annual increases in pensions) and reiterated that in September, A clearer sample in reducing direct taxes.

“The most we can give, we are not naive not to give it. But we do not want to take our throats with reckless policies Greeks and the Greeks and the sacrifices they have made. “underlined OK, Hatzidakis and added:

‘In a month the details of the budget of 2024, I don’t know exactly what they will say but I believe it will not be away from primary surplus 3.5% of GDP and normal surplus 0.2%. This is a good news especially in these times because it sends a message that there is money in the fund, we are serious and we can borrow cheaper. We arrived here because we keep a good account and because the effort to deal with tax evasion has brought results unprecedented. An answer from the so -called “kind -hearted” people who share from the Ministry of Finance as if they are theirs is “all”. I have not been, like the prime minister and I will never become a fan of this theory. And the new finance minister belongs to this school of thought. The house that has no foundations is demolished, and because the previous decade is not far away, it is good to remember the myth of Sisyphus who, not accidentally, came out in this country. “

In addition to the junction Mr. Hatzidakis said: “It is important that while several European economies, including German, in recession, Greece has growth while observing fiscal prudence. This is not self -evident. As to how the eurozone will be influenced by the international scene, I will refer to a saying by Evangelos Venizelos that forecasts are currently moving between science and art. ”

“I want to believe,” the Deputy Prime Minister concluded, ‘That the Trump election It seems like began to It works as alarm clock for the Sleeping European Union. I think there will be steps in the field of defense until June and in the field of competitiveness. “