The tones were raised during the deuterology of the prime minister in the Parliament in the context of the pre-day debate on accuracy.
Responding to Alexis Tsipras, who accused him of “lack of understanding of the magnitude of the crisis, sloppiness, obsession with outdated ideologies and failed recipes and addiction to serving interests”, Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed that “we have in the middle class what you took from them “.
Referring to Eurostat data on inflation, he noted that “Eurostat data show the comparative course of inflation in all countries. These are the facts. “Mr. Tsipras, are the ELSTAT data, which are integrated in the Eurostat data, reliable or not?”, He stated characteristically. He added that “if you dispute these official figures, go out and say it, and send a letter to Eurostat. We can not come, to invoke arguments such as I saw, I heard “.
The Prime Minister noted that obviously there was an increase in prices because Greece had severe deflation and as a product of a ten-year crisis and addressing the President of the official opposition pointed out that “you mentioned Spain, but Spain has not shown any decline in unemployment in the last two years. Unemployment in Spain has risen. In Greece it decreased “.
Regarding Tsipras’ accusations about creative accounting, he stated that “I am the last one who will underestimate any price increase. Is the reduction of ENFIA, the employer contributions, the zeroing of parental benefits creative accounting? Hasn’t all this happened? ” he asked and added: “You have crushed the middle class in taxes and we are coming to give to the middle class what you took from them”.
At the same time, he called on Mr. Tsipras to deny the positions of the Spanish Prime Minister, Sanchez, emphasizing “because you were annoyed by the report I made on Mr. Sanchez’s indecent appearance in Ankara, I ask you to take a stand. Behold, you deny the statements of Mr. Sanchez “.
The overall expectations for the Greek economy are extremely positive
“The overall expectations for the Greek economy are extremely positive,” the prime minister continued in his second term in Parliament, adding that this “means positive expectations for all citizens.”
“The best answer to all your excuses for supposedly one-sidedness in favor of the few, is the creation of many well-paid new jobs from the investment boom that is currently taking place in Greece. The reality is completely different from what you want to show “, added Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
“Let me remind you that this government, in Law 4818 of ’21, passed Article 58 which stipulates that during the pandemic, companies cannot have a larger wholesale profit than they had before the pandemic. So we have the legal tool. “There are a lot of controls by both state control mechanisms and the independent competition committee,” said the prime minister, noting: “Be very careful when talking about manipulation of independent authorities.”
You are talking about PPC, which you went bankrupt in order to make a supposedly social policy
Referring to PPC, the Prime Minister noted that the value of the share under SYRIZA was 1 euro, while today it is around 9 euros. “What is the value of public shares when it held 51%? EUR 200 million. Today 1.2 billion euros. And you dare to come and talk about PPC, which you went bankrupt in order to make a supposedly social policy on the backs of the taxpayers “, said Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
She asked Mr. Tsipras if he had promised to sell her share. “Am I waiting for your nod? Mr. Famelle, were you engaged? Budget 2018, projected revenues from privatizations only 100 million euros. Only 100? For what percentage? In the end, you did not sell anything. “Why did the CEO of PPC, whom you had appointed, come and say yes to the capital increase of PPC and if we sold in 2018 we would not catch a single euro …”, he pointed out.
“And because you told us that it ceased to be a public enterprise, in your days it ceased to be a business. “It would have gone bankrupt and we would now be in a tragic position where we would have to discuss significant reinforcements to keep the business afloat.”
We had to decide whether to support households or businesses and we decided the households
Continuing his deuterology, the Prime Minister said: “Do you know what the participation of the public in other European companies is? The participation of the Italian 23.5%. The German 2.8%. In France 23.6% … We keep 34%. We promise not to fall for it. We completely control the company with this percentage and we look forward to the creation of greater added value for the shareholders. The money you would get that would go to low-income retirees or debt repayment? In the second obviously. And one last thing: Because you showed accounts that are mostly about business. What you did not say, however, is that there is an energy discount in the bill made by PPC. She makes this discount precisely because she can afford it. We had to decide whether to support households or businesses and we decided the households. That is why you did not show any low household account “, he added.
“If the phenomenon continues and within 2022 we will explore further possibilities of support” said Kyriakos Mitsotakis and added: “And a remark to Mr. Velopoulos. The decision to leave lignite is a decision that has no return for the government not only because it requires the right policy globally but also economically. Lignites are not what they were 10-15 years ago. Today, adding the cost of royalties to the cost of lignite, lignite is not competitive. The cheapest energy in the country is RES. Because various conspiracy theories are circulating about the alleged operation of wind farms. Tell us, gentlemen of SYRIZA, what energy mixture do you imagine the country will have in the next 10-15 years? I will be in Kozani with the staff on Friday. How about wind turbines? Where should they go? What about gas? What about photovoltaics? Speak specifically. Tell us that this is our proposal “.
The only deal we have made is the truth agreement with the Greek people
“You told us we were making a deal. You did not say it for the first time. You mean, like, saltines and their ilk, eh? You came as far as I know because I was not here, and you talked about the training center in Kalamata. And you threatened the minister and officials. “Threats to this government no longer pass,” the prime minister stressed shortly before completing his deuterology in Parliament.
“The era when you came to the government in a hurry and had the freshness of the news and told the investors not to dare to come and invest, is over. And tell them now no one will believe you. You will not threaten service employees, officers of the Armed Forces “he continued and added:” We have made a deal. We call it a truth agreement and at the moment, from what I understand, both sides are satisfied with this deal, and we and the Greek people “.
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