“The prime minister’s recent announcement of the establishment of ” National Market Supervision Authority ” reveals the popular tactics of the government: communication announcements without institutional content, recycling of existing structures, and the absence of a strategic plan for the Nikitiadis and the Secretary of the Private Debt and Consumer Protection, Dimitris Spyrakos.

They say that “instead of a real independent authority with regulatory responsibilities and power of sanctions, Mr Mitsotakis recycles existing mechanisms, uses executives from the Consumer Ombudsman and DIMEA and dresses them in a new name to baptize the self -evident” reform “. “The New Democracy ” Balkan ” the country and now wants to apply ‘Swedish standards’,” they comment.

They point out that by 2022 PASOK has submitted “a comprehensive proposal of law for the establishment of the Consumer Protection Authority, an independent, administrative and functional autonomous entity, with clear regulatory and sanctioning powers”.

In particular, they note that PASOK’s proposal

-Provits real supervision and regulation of the market

-Puted powerful consumer protection tools, such as fines based on turnover and binding measures

-It lifts the European institutional acquis

-I establishes the National Consumption Foundation for documented studies, comparative product tests, information and consumer training.

In addition, they emphasize that PASOK remains stable in its positions for: Reduce VAT rates on basic products, strengthening the Competition Committee and conducting substantive market controls by TIMEA, strengthening the consumer movement, creating consumer protection principle.