In the Greek government’s measures against her accuracy he mentioned at length during his interview with the Minister of Development, Takis Theodorikakoson Wednesday morning.

Referred, initially, to Student’s basket and the prices of the products, Mr. Theodorikakos underlined that it is based on a specific law, according to which “the seller, i.e. the supermarket or the bookstore, cannot have a higher percentage of profit than what it had in December 2021” . Otherwise, there are severe fines, which allows families to buy school supplies at much better prices.

According to official data, the prices of basic school products included in the student’s basket are this year reduced compared to last year by 5% to 10%

“The fines have increased sixfold, the market is currently carrying out checks on 2,500 product codes in supermarkets, industries and multinationals. We are talking about basic necessities of life and food, with DIMEA having started this work since the end of July.”

At the same time, the minister noted that turnover in supermarkets has increased, which is due to the fact that more people are slowly shopping. This is official information, just as official information is what IELKA shows, that for the fourth consecutive month, compared to last year in August, prices in supermarkets are up to 2% cheaper than last year.”

“If oil did not have a price increase compared to last year, then today food inflation would be zero”

Regarding the steep rise in oil prices this year, Mr. Theodorikakos pointed out that “very few countries produce oil, with the largest oil producer being Spain, a country whose crop was destroyed last year due to the climate crisis and therefore this had as a result of which the price of oil soared all over the world. If oil had not increased compared to last year, then today food inflation would be zero.”

In fact, he ruled out any possibility of a reduction or zero in food, as “it will not work, at the given moment when we annually collect 23 billion euros from VAT”.

The Draghi report

“The bells in Europe are ringing very loudly,” he noted, referring specifically to the content of the Draghi report. “The Draghi proposals are a positive perspective for Europe and concern us” the Minister of Development underlined and referred to the industrial policy, the new development law designed to boost productive investments in the secondary sector of the economy and the investment of 45 million euros for the modernization of 20 industrial parks with 20,000 jobs.