By Penelope Galliou

His thread legislative work the government is picking up again after the legislative “slowness” due to the European elections, speeding up reforms and initiatives included in its program SW for the current term of government, with an end date at the end of the four-year term, in 2027.

The message of the Eurocalp has been made clear by all government lips that it was received, and now Megaro Maximos and Piraeus are proceeding to “answer” the election message, with the policies that will be promoted immediately, with important legislation and in the midst of summer.

” Citizens are asking us to accelerate and become even more efficient in all areas, focusing on what makes the world’s everyday life difficult” commented a government source, giving the stamp of the initiatives that will be promoted in the next period and which focus on critical issues that require resolution.

Despite the result of the recent European elections, which passed below the bar that had been set, in Maximos Palace they appreciate that the citizens have chosen again, giving priority to the ND, and despite the dissatisfaction that may be expressed, they know that this government has made and will continue to make a serious effort to improve the everyday life of the citizens, even in very difficult years . With this criterion, the effort, but also the effectiveness, is estimated to be judged again at the end of the four years.

“This is what interests us, to implement our program. This is the main concern of the Prime Minister (…) and overall, all of us who participate in this effort, will be evaluated by the citizens in 2027″ the government representative emphasized while briefing the political editors and added “The Government has a coherent narrative , which is very simple and clean. It is the implementation of a program that aims to improve the daily life of citizens and solve the many problems that still exist. And month-by-month, year-by-year and, above all, after the end of each four-year period, all of this is evaluated for its effectiveness by the citizens” concluded.

Already before the European elections, the government has prepared a series of bills which will be submitted for discussion and voting in the next period in the Parliament and which concern important sectors of the economy and society, and among other things concern the further strengthening of primary production, the restructuring of the operation of the public sector by providing incentives to civil servants, speeding up recruitment through ASEP, reforming the road traffic code, etc.

The Interior Ministry’s Bill on Incentives and Remuneration of Civil Servants will change decades-old attitudes as, among other things, it provides for a productivity bonus that will be inextricably linked to the system of targeting and evaluating civil servants, setting the terms and conditions.

The bill regarding ASEP and public recruitment will have special symbolism for the messages that the government wants to send, which will provide for digitization of procedures, with the aim of speeding up procedures, developing the interoperability of ASEP with state agencies involved in recruitment processes in the public sector, in order to deal with unnecessary bureaucratic obstacles, with the aim, within the current term, of the recruitments announced to be completed within the year, as announced by the Prime Minister.

Among the key bills expected to be passed by the government, there is also that of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure for the new Road Traffic Code which will bring sweeping changes to the penal code, with the aim of tightening up specific offenses such as driving under the influence of alcohol, red light violation, LEA et al. and punishing the offending driver by removing the license instead of removing the car’s plates.

The pending bills also include:

-The regulations of the Ministry of Health on the rights of persons suffering from dementia and their carers, tissue and cell transplantation and the Union of Dietitians and Nutritionists of Greece.

-The institutional framework of the Ministry of Rural Development regarding control procedures, administrative measures and sanctions in the field of agricultural products and food with Protected Designations of Origin, Protected Geographical Indications and Guaranteed Traditional Distinctive Products.

-The bill of the Ministry of Tourism, which begins to be discussed tomorrow in the competent committee of the Parliament, for the strengthening of tourism, which includes, among other things, the resolution of the urban planning and licensing issues faced by tourist accommodations, the promotion of more specific forms of alternative tourism, the strengthening of tourism education, the modernization of the framework that governs the profession of tour guides and the improvement of the operation of public tourism agencies.

-The draft law of the Ministry of Climate Crisis “Private insurance against natural disasters, state aid and protection, housing assistance” which was submitted and is being discussed in the competent committee of the Parliament.

– As well as the amendment of p.d. 18/1989 “Codification of provisions of laws for the Council of State” – Transfer of disputes to the Regular Administrative Courts – Arrangements for pilot or after preliminary question trial before the Council of State – Other provisions for administrative trial” filed by the Ministry of Justice and being processed by the competent committee of the Parliament.

– The bill of the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum that will establish a new type of access permits to the labor market to attract talent and upgrade Greece to an international academic, research and investment center.

In this context, the Talent Visa and the Tech Visa, in order to give foreign students access to part-time employment and the possibility of looking for a job one year after graduation. At the same time, the duration of the renewal of residence permits is expected to increase to 5 years and of long-term residence to 7 years.