“We welcome any democratic process, even if it did not fully live up to expectations. The great attendance of the people is not a matter of concern to us, but of expectation. The country must obtain a credible alternative proposal, with a costed program, in order to have a comparison with the government”, he pointed out regarding the elections in PASOK the government representative, Pavlos Marinakisduring the regular briefing of the political editors.

With reference to the absence of Antonis Samaras and Costas Karamanlis from the event marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the New Democracy, he emphasized, among other things, that “it was their choice and decision”, underlining that any allegation of delegitimization of Kyriakos Mitsotakis “lacks seriousness ».

“The Prime Minister delivered a unifying political speech at a remarkably well-attended and well-attended event. He referred to all the acting presidents of the ND as well as the prime ministers of the country, honoring the history of the party and reminding why the ND has managed to remain the only large and powerful party throughout the post-colonial period, by expanding without changing”.

In a question about the Greek-Turkishthe government spokesman reiterated that “there is a narrative about alleged compliance, which of course is not true. The Mitsotakis government believes in dialogue, which has not weakened the country one iota. Greece has never put sovereignty issues or “red lines” on the “scale” and neither will it.

“From 40% in 2019, the non-performing loans of all banks have decreased to 7.5%”

“The draft law of the Ministry of the Interior, which regulates issues related to the improvement of the operation of the municipalities and regions of the country, the upgrading of the land border stations, putting for the first time explicit rules for their organization, operation and modernization as well as issues that directly facilitate the daily life of citizens”, pointed out Pavlos Marinakis, starting the briefing of the political editors and mentioned the main points of what is included in the provisions of the bill.

He emphasized the tripling of fines for the arbitrary use of public spaces and the tightening of penalties in order to free up public space and allow pedestrians to pass unimpeded. He emphasized that stricter provisions are also included in the event that the arbitrary use concerns special cases such as blind people’s journeys with measures that can go as far as the removal of the store’s operating license.

Also “the facilitation of the implementation of projects of major importance in the Regions, with rapid procedures for the immediate completion of critical interventions, especially those related to the restoration of disasters or the servicing of needs of a supra-local nature”.

The reduction of bad loans in the systemic banks in Greece, which the Scope Ratings rating agency finds, was the next topic of the update. “Specifically, non-performing loans are at 3.4% in Greece, having recorded a decrease of 1.2 percentage points in the last year and a much larger decrease compared to the high levels of the crisis. The rating agency records an increase in NPL ratios in the Netherlands, Germany, Finland and France.

Our country still remains among the countries with a high percentage of non-performing loans, however it is positive that every month there is a decrease in this number, due to the government’s legislative initiatives”, the government representative emphasized. “We have established a strict framework for the operation and behavior of funds/servicers (code of ethics) which is already producing positive results for citizens with fines reaching up to half a million euros, while in cases of recurrence they may be led to the revocation of the operating license by the Bank of Greece. We improved the out-of-court mechanism and made it mandatory for creditors to accept his proposal when we talk about vulnerable, which led to a record high of 7.5 billion euros in regulated debts.

He emphasized that “the red loans of all banks (systemic and non-systemic) with the contribution of the “Heracles” program were reduced from 40% in July 2019 to 7.5% in March 2024. In total, banks and services were reduced from 92 billion euros in 2020-2021 to 69 billion euros in 2023″.

“One year after the horrific terrorist attacks of October 7, we do not forget”

He then referred to the one-year anniversary “of the terrorist attack in Israel that led to the deaths of hundreds of innocent civilians. As the Prime Minister mentioned in his post, ‘One year after the horrific terrorist attacks of October 7, we do not forget. The people of Israel have the right to live in security.

We repeat our call for the immediate release of all hostages. From the first moment, Greece condemned the terrorist attack, while undertaking multi-level initiatives in the international political arena, exercising an active foreign policy and maintaining a consistent attitude. Something that is practically recognized by the fact that Greece has been invited and present in all the International Conferences on the Middle East and the situation in Gaza in the last year”.

In conclusion, he said that on Wednesday, October 9, the prime minister will go to Dubrovnik, where he will participate in the Ukraine-Southeast Europe Summit.