The measures announced yesterday by the prime minister, as a result of over -rewarding the economy, was reported by Labor and Social Security Minister Niki Kerameos in an interview with ERT.

Specifically, the Minister underlined the new fixed support of 250 euros in about 62% of the country’s pensioners over 65, noting that “€ 250 net that will be paid by the end of November each year and concerns specific retirees over 65 years of age and up to € 14,000 and up to € 14,000 and up to € 14,000 and up to € 14,000. some additional income criteria. “

In the opposition criticism of the new measures, Ms. Kerameos replied that “we are not saying that all the problems of the world are solved, but we say it is a significant aid to limit some difficulties in key areas, such as the issue of rent that plagues too many families, such as our most supporters. I heard the opposition say that this is the result of additional taxation. What additional taxation? Is this government that has abolished or reduced more than 70 taxes, so where do this revenue come from? From growth, from the fact that we have the lowest 17 -year unemployment. “

At the same time, the minister underlined the Ministry of Labor’s contribution to the over -performance of the economy.

“Remember that we have 500,000 new jobs created over the last five years. It results from wage increases. We are constantly seeing wage increases. When salary increases it means that we have more revenue for public funds and insurance funds. Arises from more full -time contracts. At the moment we speak we have more than 3 in 4 employees who are paid full time and not partial. They come from the expansion of the digital work card, which now records the real time of work, protects the employee because we now know how much time he is working and we care to get paid for that time, but that again means more revenue. ”

And he added: “So only from the Ministry of Labor we have hundreds of millions of euros that have emerged as over -performance thanks to these measures, thanks to the country’s economic growth, thanks to most of the jobs created and our debt is to return to society.”

Referring to the “Career Days” work events, the minister said that more than 9000 fellow citizens have found work through them and added that “at the same time we are expanding this effort abroad. In November we were in the Netherlands, in December we were in Düsseldorf, Germany, last month we were in England. In May we will go back to Germany, in Stuttgart this time. “

Ms. Kerameos then pointed out the ministry’s new arrangement on the insurance contributions and unpaid contributions to EFKA reaching $ 50 billion. The minister stressed that “one has two roads. The first way is to say, as many governments have done, including the SYRIZA government, which has done nothing on this issue, we have very high debts, we cannot do anything, let alone the next. The other way is to say we should do something about it, why? We need to do something about it, in order to be able to create a fiscal space, to enhance the justice of the insurance system, to enhance the viability of the insurance system and to give back to society. I am caught by something you said from SYRIZA’s announcement that these companies will be forced to execute. Untrue. That they will make themselves in recovery, untrue. The provision itself says that the collection remains exclusively in KEAO. KEAO is the center of collection of insurance debts. There will be an international competition to provide companies to offer their services in support of a milder approach. So there will be a communication, in which in a milder approach he will talk to the insured, he will try to understand why he has not paid and give him a flexibility, give him more tools. He will be able to give him more flexible arrangements again to a personalized approach. “

Concerning the new labor bill, which is currently being processed by the Ministry of Labor, the minister noted that “our goal is to constantly eliminate bureaucracy. To simplify the procedures for everyone. And when I say for everyone I mean workers, I mean business. So in our plans it is a new labor bill that will try to simplify labor market procedures. To tell you with an example, not to need so many documents for an intake. “