“For us to be able to announce something new, this should be compatible with the financial rules of the European Union, there is no question of satisfaction, these are 10-year backlogs, which this government is trying to close without derailing the fiscally of the country. The uniformed men are out on the streets every day doing everything possible to keep us safe, they are the protagonists in dismantling large crime rings. We are trying to do everything possible to get back what they were deprived of in previous years without mortgaging the future of the next generations.” emphasized the government representative, Pavlos Marinakisresponding to a question about the Special Conditions and Hazard Allowance for uniformed officers in briefing political editors.

For government interventions in banks and the stance of PASOK, the government representative specifically emphasized that “We did the complete opposite of what PASOK was asking for, which was taxing the banks, and we proceeded with a series of interventions that respond to specific requests of the citizens.” The government spokesman emphasized, in fact, that the government is not in a vindictive mood and asked which prime minister has taxed excess profits of energy companies, refineries and now banks to answer “not anyway, those who called any house in the hands of a banker and then voted to remove the protection of the first home.”

Mr. Marinakis he clarified that there is no way that the independent MPs, coming from the “Spartans”, who voted in favor of the budget, would join the New Democracy, noting meaningfully that it was the ruling party that gave the Justice the tools to be able to block the participation of criminal organizations in the elections.

For the Greek-Turkish the government spokesman underlined says “the government talks, claims and does not back down and these can be done at the same time” while repeating that “there is no difference of opinion within the government regarding the handling of the Greek-Turkish dialogue on the occasion of yesterday’s interview of the Minister of Defense, Nikos Dendias, in the newspaper “Vima tis Kyriaki”.