The first visit of Mitsotakis to the Ministry of Finance – Bets on the Economy, Education, Health

The prime minister will start implementing the commitment that not a single day will be wasted for the government’s work and the achievement of the ND’s programmatic goals from tomorrow Kyriakos Mitsotakis: One day after the swearing inthe new cabinet meets at 11 in the morning in Maximou, while at five in the afternoon Kyriakos Mitsotakis will visit the finance ministry, stating the priority he gives to the economy and development.

At the same time, high on the priorities of the new government is dealing with punctuality with measures that will continue and new ones that will be announced. As Mr. Skrekas characteristically said, taking over the Ministry of Development, the household basket (the validity of which expires on Friday) is a tool that helped tame inflation and added that measures like this will continue but the announcements will be more detailed, he added. himself, will be done by the prime minister.

Already, however, since the pre-election period, Mr. Mitsotakis had identified as his main goals and personal bets the necessary reforms in Health – and the appointment of Michalis Chrysochoidis at the helm of the Ministry of Health is the first step – in Education – with Kyriakos Pierrakakis to leave the digital reform in the hands of the “digital mayor of Trikala” Dimitris Papastergiou and go up to Maroussi to take over the Ministry of Education, but also in the economy with an emphasis on development, increasing employment and wages.

Already, the new ministers in the critical sectors have set priorities by taking office.

Chrysochoidis: The aim is to re-establish the NSS

His vision for the reformed SSY presented today during the inauguration ceremony of o new Minister of Health Michalis Chrysochoidis. Receiving from the acting minister Professor Anastasia Kotanidou, he emphasized that for him it is “The assignment of the Ministry of Health to me is a great honor and a great responsibilityby Prime Minister Kyriaki Mitsotakis.

The prime minister in all his speeches highlighted it public health issuecontinued the new Minister of Health, emphasizing that health “is the biggest bet in our second term”.

High quality services for all citizens, regardless of their incomeis our goal in this new term, he added and mentioned that citizens are prioritized, from their access, early diagnosis and treatment. Reorganization of hospitals is also among the priorities. “With stubbornness, dedication and hard work, we will serve the most precious human good, health” he said pointing out that “My allies have always been the people, together with the workers we will re-establish the ESY”.

However, the new minister pointed out that “many critical issues in the field of Health remain unresolved”talking about the waiting times in surgeries and delays in the emergency room.

The goal, as he said, is reduction of social inequalities and the coherence of the system “which is a priority for us”. Unfortunately the pandemic tested the NHSits potential was highlighted but its weaknesses were also seen, explained M. Chrysochoidis, adding that today expenditure on the National Social Security System reaches 5.2 billion euros. As he said, 80 hospitals and 156 health centers will be upgraded through the recovery fund, 10,000 recruitments of mainly nursing staff and expansion of the preventive examination program “Prevention must concern everyone, wherever they are, done electronically and at no cost to the citizens”he said.

Still talked about upgrade of EKAB and safer, faster transfers with new air means.

The new minister addressed both the new deputy minister with flattering words Irini Agapidaki who was absent, as he developed covid, as well as the deputy minister Mario Themiatocleousrevealing how will undertake hospital care. He also made special mention of the mental health sector and the new deputy minister Dimitris Vartzopoulos.

“We will all move forward with workers and leadership because only together can we succeed” concluded.

Pierrakakis: The Ministry of Education will be the first fully digitized ministry

“We want kids less like hard drives and more like processors”. This he emphasized upon assuming his new duties as Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports Kyriakos Pierrakakis.

The new minister was applauded when he said that his main priorities will be the full digitization of the ministry’s services and the reduction of bureaucracy. “It will become the first fully digitized ministry,” he said.

“Everything will be decided here for the next decades”he noted the important role of the ministry and added that it is the “preeminent ministry that refers to the future, invests for the future, anoints the future and talks with the future”.

Mr. Pierrakakis mentioned that is the goal of Education to be a field of convergences and consents, as well as that every day to make a small change that will improve the lives of the education contributors. “Where major incisions are made, they will be done in an organized and methodical manner and with consultation,” he clarified.

“However, we will do more than we promise,” he said.

It is recalled that the new leadership of the Ministry of Education consists -except for Mr. Pierrakakis- by the Deputy Ministers of Education, Zetta Makri and Domna Michailidou and the Deputy Minister of Sports, Yannis Economou.

In their speeches, the deputy ministers thanked the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, for the trust in them and underlined the already good cooperation between the members of the leadership of the ministry.

Hatzidakis: Six goals for the Economy

Their six goals for the economy in the next four years developed by the Minister of Economy and Finance Kostis Hatzidakis during the delivery-acceptance ceremony by the minister of finance Theodoros Pelagidis.

In particular, the objectives are as follows:

1. To achieve average GDP growth of 3% over four years, which will also help increase wages by 25%. To continue the tax reforms and the support of entrepreneurship. It will help significantly to recover the investment grade in the coming months.

2. Adjustments to the production model and addressing 10-year weaknesses and structural distortions in exports and imports. A sustainable development model with the strengthening of innovative industries and exports and the continuation of the reduction of public debt.

3. Tackling tax evasionas further progress will help further reduce taxation.

4. The health of the banking system and strengthening relationships of trust with businesses and households. The continuation of the reduction of “red” loans.

5. The utilization of European resources and public investments.

6. The utilization of public property from the Superfund and TAIPED, as there will be more income and more investments.

For his part, the new Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Nikos Papathanasis he mentioned that the management of European resources and their absorptionas well as the NSRF, are important development tools. Especially for the NSRF, the absorption from 27% rose to 86% in four years, while there are more than 8,300 applications from small and medium enterprises amounting to 780 million euros.

Mr. Papathanasis also referred to Development Bank (to expand the perimeter of small and medium enterprises with access to bank lending), to the Hellenic Development Investment Bank to strengthen extroversion, to PPPs and de-lignitization for new conditions and new jobs.

The new Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Haris Theochariswith responsibility for tax policy, said that the four axes are the fight against tax evasion, the stability of revenues, the reduction of tax rates and the improvement of the everyday life of citizens.

Finally, the new Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Thanos Petraliasin charge of the General Accounting Office of the State, reported that the central goal is the full implementation of pre-election commitmentswhile maintaining the fiscal balance.