With reference to the continuation of the debate in the Parliament on the motion of no confidence, the government representative, Pavlos Marinakis, started the briefing of the political editors.

“The prime minister will make his speech in Parliament today, before the start of voting. Tomorrow Friday, March 29, at 11:00 a.m., the cabinet will meet at Megaros Maximos, led by the prime minister. A new announcement will follow regarding the topics of the meeting. Among other things, the new increase in the minimum wage will be announced, the fourth in a row in these almost five years.

The minimum salary since 2019 and the 650 euros it was has reached 780 euros while the average salary has reached 1251 from 1046 which it was in 2019.

It is of great value to point out that the European Commission has published figures for 2023 referring to real GDP per capita and GDP per capita in purchasing power units. Regarding the first dimension, this takes inflation into account for 2023 as well and shows Greece as the growth champion in the EU with a performance of 2.5% (from 18,690 euros in 2022 to 19,150 euros in 2023). In the same year, real per capita income in the European Union stagnated.

Overall, in the period 2019-2023 the real per capita disposable income in Greece is growing at a rate more than double the European average: at 2.1% against 1%.

In fact, in the period following the outbreak of the pandemic, the difference is even greater: 5.9% average increase in Greece compared to 3.1% in the European Union”.

As Mr. Marinakis pointed out, concluding his brief introduction: “The numbers speak for themselves and do not need much explanation. During the administration of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, real per capita income grew at a rate more than double that of the European Union.

And this happened, because despite the large, successive exogenous crises, the government implements an effective economic policy, as reflected in the increase in employment by about 400,000 new jobs and in the real wage increase in the private sector of the economy in the last four years by 6, 1%”.