The conflict in Ukraine may undermine the global recovery, but overcoming the challenges is the only way, said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking at the parliamentary debate on the bill of the Ministry of Finance to modernize the operating framework of the Capital Market.
The prime minister likened the situation from the effects of the war to that of the financial crisis of 2008, noting that these developments come at a stage where everyone was expecting economic growth after two years of pandemic.
He reiterated that in this case Greece from the beginning sided with the right side of history, on the side of Ukraine and on the side of tens of thousands of our expatriates in Mariupol, while he also referred to the plan of the Greek government to rebuild the maternity hospital in Mariupol after the end of the war. .
He also described the support for Ukraine as evidence of diplomatic consistency, as this shows that our country respects the alliance, as we want it to happen, referring to Turkey. “We have to live with our neighbors without tensions,” he said.
Referring to the energy crisis, he said that politics must act against it international speculation and the market to return to normal, prices to be determined based on the rules of supply and demand.
He even noted that companies must deposit a share of their current profits to remove this turmoil.
For energy efficiency “There is no other way than European co-operation to remove any reservations,” he said. The first step must be the common market and the joint storage of natural gas, which we support from the very beginning. “
“Our reaction must be immediate, because the populists will take advantage of the situation. They hide the fact that accuracy is introduced by criticizing national policies. “The dangers are also social, and world public opinion must be armed with the truth.”
He went on to say that the international inflation wave threatens our country’s progress in development. “The Commission envisages one of the three best developments in the Union of our country.”
Mr. Mitsotakis referred to the Greek proposal for control of the wholesale price of energy trade, noting that it is on the agenda of the European Council. “We are talking to many countries and I see the need for drastic interventions in the energy market gradually maturing. As I have said, politics must act to stop international speculation from betting on war.
Tax cuts
The Prime Minister went on to say that this year Greeks will pay 950 million euros less in relation to what they had been assured in 2018 by the SYRIZA government, while he added that they will pay 350 million euros less than what they paid in 2019 after the fourth ENFIA reductions from ND.
Overall, they will see a 40% reduction in their property tax, he said.
Elsewhere in his speech, the Prime Minister acknowledged that in Greece the minimum wage is still low, a fact that squeezes the income especially of young people. “We are struggling to fix this,” he said.
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