“Under 900,000 are the unemployed at our country for the first time after 2011, i.e. 13 years ago” announced government representative, Pavlos Marinakiswhen informing the political editors.

During the month of April 2024, an increase in salaried employment in the private sector is recorded, as there is a positive balance of hiring – leaving by 132,352 jobs. According to ERGANI data, it appears that we had 9,273 more jobs. From 2019 to today, unemployment has fallen by almost 8.4%. Unemployment is at the lowest rate recorded since 2009, i.e. for 15 years.”

Mr. Marinakis added that the investments coming to our country, the employment and training programs of DYPA, the favorable environment that has been formed for the creation of new businesses, thanks to the economic policy of the government and the development of digital tools at the core of the operation of the state, yield tangible results, creating more and more jobs.

“The Government’s goal is for these positions to always improve qualitatively with even better salaries for the employees. It is characteristic that over 310,000 of our fellow citizens who were unemployed until 2019, found jobs with better salaries compared to those they had in the past”, he added.

He then referred to the “panic button”, which “by Joint Ministerial Decision was extended to the entire country and will be able to be used by all adults, victims of domestic violence.

“Tomorrow, Friday, May 24 at 10:30 the Prime Minister will make a speech in the Parliament in the pre-order debate following a proposal by the president of the SYRIZA-PS Parliamentary Group, Sokratis Famellos, to deal with punctuality. On Saturday, May 25, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will attend the event for the designation of Zagori as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO”, concluded the government representative.

“Greece is in favor of a 2-state solution to the Palestinian issue – Mr. Kasselakis has the logic of ‘I give everyone everything'”

Asked about the prospect of recognizing a Palestinian state, Pavlos Marinakis pointed out that “Greece is in favor of the UN resolution”, where there is talk of a 2-state solution, with borders as they were formed before 1967 and East Jerusalem as the capital.

“From there, in addition to the immediate ceasefire, we must remember how important both the release of the hostages and the unhindered channeling of humanitarian aid to Gaza are,” he stressed, while refraining from commenting on the court decision to issue an arrest warrant for the Prime Minister of Israel and Hamas.

Regarding the new announcement by the president of SYRIZA to restore the 13th and 14th salary, he emphasized that this new proposal “amounts to €2.2 billion per year, so approximately 9 billion per four years, while it is added to the total of 40-50 billion meters that Mr. Kasselakis has announced lightly so far.

As you can see, SYRIZA continues to have its “I give everyone everything” logic. The government will continue to implement costed proposals and workable measures. After all, this is what has led us to have the most jobs in Europe in the last 15 years, to reduce youth unemployment, to be the first in the growth rate of disposable income.”