“Any additional fiscal space that is created will be channeled to the citizens”, states the Minister of State in an interview
“At the moment there is an on-site inspection by echelon which is linked to the chemical analysis of the events in case we have any spill event. We will have news within the day and citizens will be informed. It is obvious that every possibility that exists to entrench any event will be exhausted, and is already happening. We still have no information except from the Serbian side. Our estimate is that we will have more data within the day“, emphasized the Minister of State, George Gerapetritisin an interview on Channel 1 of Piraeus in response to a question about the plane crash in Kavala.
Referring to Power passafter noting that unfortunately in the political arena the true meaning of words has been lost and very heavy and disparaging words are used with great ease, which displaces any rational discussion said “theas stated by the prime minister, 60% of the additional burden suffered by households will be reimbursed. This position is based on specific objective data. It was estimated by the independent supervisory and regulatory bodies what the additional burden was, which was estimated at around 450 million. On this basis, 60% is already covered by the aid, and in fact there is more aid than originally planned as June is also included».
“Citizens see for this particular seven-month period the replenishment of 60% of the increase they had” he noted, underlining that what is said by the opposition that citizens do not see the 600 euros is a huge error.
“All citizens will see the replenishment at 60%. No country has made up for all the losses that exist due to the increase in electricity. This would be completely impossible because, as everyone understands, it would be a fiscal bomb. According to official data from the EU and the OECD, Greece is the country which, in proportion to its GDP, has given the greatest aid to its citizens to compensate for the energy increase. These are objective facts that cannot be disputed“, emphasized Mr. Gerapetritis.
THE minister of state he underlined that the government was consistent in announcing up to 600 euros of reimbursement and up to 60%. “We are also the country that has strengthened the citizens with the largest amounts and this has become possible due to the fact that our economic figures are doing well,” he said.
“Any additional fiscal space created will be channeled to the citizens and furthermore we are not going to risk the fiscal balance of the countryhe added.
In addition, Mr. Gerapetritis made it clear that the experiments we have experienced in the recent past with the derailment of the Greek economy with excessive subsidies which, as he said typically, torpedo the stability of the economy resulting in huge tax increases, will not be seen by the current government .
Finally, he referred to the government’s initiatives in the energy sector and concluded by saying “we will work at the service of the citizens, always ensuring the strengthening of the most vulnerable and the self-sufficiency and self-reliance of the country”.
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