“The government chooses to support profiteering“It does not have the support of society in its priorities”, he stressed SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance Spokesperson, Nassos Iliopoulosspeaking on the radio station “Channel One 90.4 FM”.
“According to the Small Business Institute of GSEVEE, for 50% of households in income ends on the 20th of the month “, he noted and added:” if we take into account that, based on the data, Greece has the second lowest GDP per capita in the 27 EU member states, we all understand the magnitude of the problem “.
Reiterating the proposals of SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance for dealing with accuracy, he underlined: “the first thing we propose is the increase of the minimum wage to 800 euros”. “Greece is the only country in the eurozone that has a minimum wage lower than in 2010,” said Nassos Iliopoulos. He also commented that “the increase of the minimum is not a fiscal measure, on the contrary when in 2019 SYRIZA increased the basic salary by 27% for those under 25 and 11% in total, consumption and public revenues increased”. “Why is not the basic salary being increased now? “According to GSEE data, those who are on the basic salary, in January lost 14% of their purchasing power due to inflation”, he added.
“The second thing we have been saying for a long time is that the government must reduce the excise duty on fuel, a measure that the Commission has been proposing since October,” said Nasos Iliopoulos. “If this reduction is implemented for a year, at the EU thresholds, it will cost 1.5 billion euros,” he said, adding that “at the moment, the government has chosen to give 1.5 billion euros for the privatization of supplementary insurance “. “So it is not a matter of possibilities, it is a matter of priorities and the priorities of ND are not to support society,” he stressed. He also stressed that “three years of Mitsotakis’s government mean a cut of 3 billion by pensioners, as ND abolished the permanent annual expenditure of 1 billion to restore part of the 13th pension that SYRIZA had legislated.”
“The third measure we propose is the taxation of ‘skyrocketing’ profits, of the super profits of energy companies. It is a measure that brings income to the funds, it has already been proposed by the Commission and implemented by France, Germany, Italy and Spain “, he noted and said:” in our country we have estimated that these profits of companies reach 1 , 5 billion euros “. “If one compares prices at production costs with retail prices over the last 7 months, one will see that energy companies operate on a huge profit margin. “Why is the government not taxing these profits to strengthen the budget?”, Stressed the SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance spokesman.
“The government chooses to support the notoriety. “Just like he did at the last Summit, when Mr. Mitsotakis was not present together with Spain and Portugal, but was found waiting,” he pointed out characteristically.
He added that “at the moment there is a possibility to include a ceiling in electricity tariffs, through PPC, but the government chooses not to do so.” “It is clear that Mr. Mitsotakis has chosen accuracy,” said Nassos Iliopoulos.
Asked about the political developments and the recent statement of Mitsotakis that leaves open the possibility of a cooperative government, he stressed: “in fact, this statement shows that everything is open in the near future”. “The vast majority of society now faces conditions of economic suffocation, we see this in contact with society,” said Nassos Iliopoulos. “For our part, we say that the country can have a government from the first elections with a simple proportional system, based on a progressive program with the following axes: settlement and write-off of pandemic debt, reinstatement of collective labor agreements and increase of the minimum wage. strengthening the welfare state and the National Health System “, he underlined.
Finally, when asked about SYRIZA’s criticism of the government over the case of Saidou Kamara, Nassos Iliopoulos said: “What Saidou and every child of immigrant origin needs is not a personal favor – as Mr. Mitsotakis is doing now. “but an overall institutional guarantee that children who grow up here, learn to dream and plan their lives in Greek, will have the right to be Greek citizens.”
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