“The decision of the Minister of Labor Domnas Michailidou and the Minister of Finance Kostis Hatzidakis to set the minimum wage at 830 euros, in combination with the law we passed a few months ago, when I was Minister of Labor, with the activation of the three years, creates for the first time conditions for a serious increase in the income of over a million people”, he said to SKAI and on the show “Kalimera”, with Giorgos Autias, the Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis.

“I believe that these increases are not beyond the economy’s endurance. I am absolutely sure that this wage increase is fair to the workers. The increases we have given to basic pay are 11% higher than inflation,” he added.

Referring to the political scene after PASOK’s motion of no confidence, Mr. Georgiadis emphasized: “It’s been a week and everything has changed. These elections took on a completely political character. The motion of no confidence unites the electoral base and the ND party. It turns out that there are people who want to overthrow Mitsotakis and therefore, the European elections will be an important springboard for political developments in the country. We cannot go easy on these European elections. It’s over for us to relax».

“The opposition has united. Now you no longer have the same political environment. Zoe Konstantopoulou, Nikos Androulakis in the same shop. You buy Androulakis, you buy Konstantopoulos. Zoi Konstantopoulou came to the Parliament and became the most vulgar politician there is. Now we live with PASOK with New Left and Zoi Konstantopoulou”, he added, while asserting that the signature of SYRIZA-PS on the motion of no confidence is an “indirect admission by the party that PASOK is ahead”.

Regarding the results of the municipal elections in the Municipality of Athens and the “globe cop” declaration of Harry Doukas last week, Mr. Georgiadis asked the question “with your abstinence, your indifference, the messages you wanted to send, are you happy that the Exarchia are in command of the Municipality of Athens?” and argued that“The Municipality of Athens has been taken over by the extreme left”.

“Because he is decent, likeable and moderate in appearance, he fooled the world. The people did not mobilize to get Bakoyannis out again and now Athens will have a far left mayor for 5 years”, he added.

On the occasion of the posts of the president of SYRIZA-PS, Stefanos Kasselakis during his military service, the Minister of Health noted that “Mr. Kasselakis, the respect that the government has shown him, violated him. He humiliated the Armed Forces.”

Finally, regarding the afternoon surgeries, Mr. Georgiadis argued that while he was accused of running the afternoon surgeries, that they cannot be done, “today 95% of hospitals do afternoon surgeries”.