“There has been a very serious effort in the last 4 years, which has paid off”, he told SKAI and the program “Morning”, with Giorgos Autias, the Minister of National Economy and Finance Kostis Hatzidakis, on the occasion of the drop in unemployment to 10 %.

“What we call seriousness in fiscal policy, overall seriousness in economic policy led to more investments, more exports and at the end of the journey to more jobs and an increase in wages. From 17.5% that was received in 2019, unemployment is at 10% and forecasts are for further de-escalation,” he added.

Asked whether an accuracy allowance and electricity allowance will be given at the end of the year, Mr. Hatzidakis emphasized: “We will scrape the bottom of the barrel and as much as we can we will support the people. We don’t know what will happen at the end of the year, what has already been announced is true.”

On the occasion of the tax bill, the Minister of National Economy and Finance emphasized that all “property transactions will be done through a bank”, while regarding the granting of allowances by card he clarified that “the logic is to have a better control over the allowances and not to have tax evasion issues”.

“We want to limit self-employed tax evasion because based on the data, 71% of self-employed people report income below the minimum wage, while 4% of self-employed people pay 50% of self-employed tax. We come to uncover hidden taxable material and then use it for social policy,” he added.