No issue has been raised for fuel pass 3, Finance Minister Christos Staikouras said to Sky and the show Today. As he said, reducing taxes horizontally cannot be done, because according to the Eurogroup, the reductions must be targeted. The horizontal reduction of the Special Consumption Tax has a huge fiscal cost, 1 billion that we cannot afford. No question has been raised about fuel pass 3. The measures of Thessaloniki, where the subsidy has been implemented, apply, not the other measures.
I’m not saying that there can’t be new interventions in the future, but we can’t talk about new interventions every week. We have given more than any other state, we have a primary deficit and they basically tell us to increase the deficit. We estimate that we will run with a deficit of 1.7%.
– Regarding the increases in the market, he said: We will be close to society for as long as necessary.
– Why are you staunchly opposed to the reduction of the EFFK: The measures cannot be horizontal, the fiscal cost must be assessed, which we cannot afford. Energy companies’ surpluses are collected.
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