Permanent interventions that will improve middle -class income, with a focus on families will include the Prime Minister’s announcements in the TIF next Saturday, the Deputy Prime Minister pointed out Kostis Hatzidakisin an interview today Tuesday at Open.

As he pointed out, the amount of the interventions will be close to € 1.5 billion, an amount to which the $ 1 billion “package” was added in April to return a rent to tenants and the granting of 250 euros each year to retirees with lower incomes.

Mr Hatzidakis reiterated that the emphasis will be placed on the reduction of direct taxes, as it will pass immediately to the pockets of all Greeks who pay taxes, as opposed to the reduction of indirect taxes which is often encouraged by the intermediate. “We have seen it in the past and in our country and in other EU countries such as Spain, which has taken back the reduction of VAT rates. Citizens will make much greater profit than direct tax cuts. The government does not work for the “wicked” and “clever” but for the average Greek citizen, “he said.

The deputy prime minister noted that the government has achieved, with lower tax rates, the state having more revenue and this is due to two main factors: first to growth greater than the average of the eurozone and secondly to the significant steps that have taken place in the last two years.

Mr Hatzidakis’ proposals for the reinstatement of the 13th salary, after noting that in the last two years there have been increases that have been equivalent to 1.3 salaries to civil servants, he added:

“Mr. Androulakis and PASOK have no good relationship with mathematics. The Ministry of National Economy has been positioned that the measure, according to European fiscal rules, costs 1.4 billion euros, Mr Androulakis estimates about half. We also lived it with SYRIZA that would tear the memoranda and with the “Money”. If PASOK wants to become a SYRIZA let it do, we cannot watch what everyone is doing. We give as many as we can rely on the progress of the economy and the successes in tackling tax evasion and exhaust the margins for all categories of citizens: public and private employees, retirees, entrepreneurs. “

On the issue of OPEKEPE, Mr. Hatzidakis pointed out that – as the prime minister had pledged – today the list of “big fish” is announced, that is, those who received the largest amounts of subsidies that will be called upon to return to the unnecessary ones. “It was our obligation and we do it,” he said.

Finally, in relation to Mr Tsipras’ return, he said that the former prime minister has previously been judged by the citizens and today he is trying to convince him that they had been going better in his days. “That is to say, the 500,000 unemployed in 2019 were better to find a job today, because then SYRIZA was a government and not the ND. And he calls on citizens to do their self -criticism because they voted against him. I do not think that Mr Tsipras’ presence will affect the New Democracy. There will be a redistribution of forces in the left, from there our citizens see everyone, judge and compare. The main issue for us is to do our job in the right way, with effectiveness, seriousness, modesty and empathy, avoiding mistakes and attempting to provide practical solutions to the problems of the world. “