The exact measures are being discussed in the ongoing cabinet meeting.

In his introductory statement, the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, pointed out that the effort to improve everyday life, dealing with punctuality, supporting agricultural products and upgrading public health are a priority.

“There has been a sustained push for more affordable shelf prices for months now, as inflation is holding back on some items. We have already put a cap on the companies’ margin in baby formula, where the increases have indeed been large and often unjustified. At the same time, we are limiting the supplies of suppliers to supermarkets. The results of these interventions will be seen gradually, the first messages are encouraging” continued the prime minister.

He emphasized that the government expects the initial prices on 1,500 products to be reduced from the beginning of March and therefore also the finals on these reduced ones.

About him minimum wage he said that “in the next cabinet we will decide on the increase of the minimum wage which will be implemented from April 1″ Kyriakos Mitsotakis added, saying that these interventions on incomes will be a decisive answer to the problem of accuracy that has plagued us for the last 3 years.

“We need targeted measures for this and we do not underestimate chronic distortions in the way the market works and our interventions are indeed structural.”

Regarding the subject matter of the ministry, he said:

“The Minister of Development will present our programming. I remind you that more than 20,000 checks have been carried out, we have imposed and collected fines, while we will also discuss product protection with the aim of ensuring quality and reliability and dealing with the scourge of Greekisation. In Brussels, 19 proposals to improve the CAP have already been submitted, and as we enter the final stretch of the European elections, it is important that our party highlight the need to restructure the CAP.

I will be in Thessaly soon to meet with the producers to see how much faster we can move for restoration and compensation after Daniel’s passing.

In the health sector, many things are happening. The NHS is changing and changing at many different levels. Renovations of hospitals and Health Centers are progressing, afternoon surgeries are starting. Let me remind those who are reacting today, it was discussed and institutionalized for the first time without being implemented 20 years ago, but the Minister will also present a new set of measures.

The Minister of National Defence will present an innovative design. These are proposals that should have been completed a long time ago. The Minister was very recently in Finland, which is a model country, where we plan to establish an IT department.”

The subject of the ministerial in detail

  • Presentation by the Minister of National Defense Nikos Dendias of the bill: a) Research, development and innovation in the Armed Forces, b) Modernization of the institutional framework of Higher Military Educational Institutions, c) Establishment of a Joint Informatics Corps in the Armed Forces,
  • Presentation by the Minister of Rural Development and Food Lefteris Avgenakis of the bill: a) Institutional framework for agricultural products and food with Protected Designations of Origin, Protected Geographical Indications, and Guaranteed Traditional Unique Products, b) Auditing bodies and controls of the Ministry of Rural Development and food,
  • Presentation by the Minister of National Economy and Finance Kostis Hatzidakis and Deputy Minister Haris Theoharis of the legislative initiatives: a) Tax Procedure Code, b) Incorporation of Directive 2021/2118 regarding civil liability insurance arising from motor vehicle traffic and adaptation measures in Regulation 2022/858 on a pilot scheme for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology,
  • Presentation by the Minister of Health, Adonis Georgiadis, of the Ministry of Health’s funding bill,
  • Proposal by the Minister of Development Kostas Skrekas regarding the amendment of the Act of the Council of Ministers for the establishment, formation and operation of the Government Committee for the development of the supply chain.