“The reforms we are promoting to the Ministry of Development for consumer protection, healthy competition and strengthening transparency in the market are concerned with social cohesion and thus the country’s stability,” the Minister of Development said, “the Minister of Development said,” the Minister of Development said. Takis Theodorikakosspeaking in the roundtable discussion of consumer protection, organized on the initiative of New Democracy MEP initiative Dimitris Tsiodra.

He pointed out that the Ministry of Development is being established by the new independent consumer protection authority and market supervision, which will unify all control mechanisms into a modern and effective body. “The new authority will operate according to the AADE model, with commander and three deputy governors, independent of political circles and government alternations. It will bring together all market controls – both in the natural and e -commerce – using new digital tools and will be reinforced with 300 new auditors, “he said. As he said, the Consumer Ombudsman will also be included in the new authority, maintaining his autonomy and upgrading his role to ensure a single, powerful and transparent citizen supervision and protection system.

Continuing, Mr Theodorikakos recalled that the Ministry of Development has already undergone significant reforms for market transparency and operation: from the new framework for investment and national quality policy to the Code of Conduct agreed with retail businesses.

“We will continue to work with the market essentially because only the rules that protect the citizen can be implemented in practice. It is a constant battle, which we are consistently fought. Because it is about the functioning of healthy competition, the confidence of the citizen and social cohesion, “he said.

In closing, the Minister of Development emphasized that the informed citizen and the strengthening of consumer consciousness are the most essential protection mechanism: “The informed consumer is an ally in the proper functioning of the market. When citizens know and consciously participate, they contribute to an economy of fairer, more competitive and more durable for everyone. “

Mr Tsiodras, a member of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee of the European Parliament, said that European consumers are currently facing complex challenges, both in the natural market and on digital commercial platforms. As he pointed out, the European Union is preparing a new regulatory framework, with an emphasis on ensuring the quality and safety of the products and the strengthening of customs controls to tackle the introduction of unsafe products, in particular through online platforms.

“One of the big issues faced today in trade is competition from Chinese platforms and the need for the European consumer to be fully protected, knowing what he buys and whether he meets European security standards,” the New Democracy MEP noted, adding that the European Parliament is being promoted to the European Parliament. Trade restrictions on trade that result in prices differences.