ND Member of Parliament, Yannis Oikonomou, he emphasized to ERT that the increase in the minimum wage contributes to addressing low-paid wage labor, which is a major problem of the economy

“From today the payment of the new minimum wage begins, an increase of 28% from 2019. A reality is being formed, the increase in the minimum wage drags along the three years, the maternity allowance to the wage worker, but mainly it is at the core of the Government’s policy to face a structural problem of the Greek economy, the low wages of wage labor.

Young children with skills, abilities, qualifications, a new generation looking to find a way back are faced with a low wage in wage labor. The Government with a plan, step by step, year by year, manages to deal with this major issue.

Inflation from 2019 to date has risen 16.6%, the minimum wage 27.7%. It is not something that solves all the problems, but it shows the difference of perception of the policy within the real needs and possibilities”.

Underestimating logic, a climate of propaganda and a toxic climate from the Opposition

“Any initiative that puts the Justice into the equation is welcomed – by a simple citizen, let alone by a state agent – because the Justice is competent to draw conclusions on criminal cases. The problem is that the same people, with their behavior in the past period, are undermining the prestige, questioning the effectiveness, damaging the credibility of the Institution.

This is an extreme underestimation of the logic of the world in this climate of propaganda and toxic climate by the Opposition, whose political leaderships are possessed by insecurity and political impasse.”