The government’s “TIF basket” on the one hand, the announcements of the PASOK – Change Movement on the other, were at the heart of the interview of the Deputy Minister under the Prime Minister, Thanassis Kontogeorgis, on ERTNews.

Introduction to the government’s “basket”, the Deputy Minister emphasized the interest shown by citizens in government measures, as they “relate to private and public sector employees, new retirees, freelancers, so many. They were aimed at increasing the available income, to continue growth in a way that would not undermine fiscal stability and, of course, demographic. “

In particular, on tax reform, he pointed out that it comes in the well -known framework for continuing tax reduction, adding that “it takes time for the measures to be assimilated and, of course, to see them in practice”.

On the other issue, the proposals of the major opposition, Mr Kontogeorgis opposed that “if PASOK’s financial proposal announced on Saturday afternoon,” supernatural surpluses “would be required.” As he analyzed, PASOK “presented a framework of about $ 4 billion, remains to be specialized today. These relate to EKAS, the price of tax scale (400 million this year, 800 of the year), 13th salary, ie 1.3 billion, 13th pension, etc. ” In conclusion, “there is a framework for measures that, in order to be able to implement the Greek economy right now, we should have had supernatural, almost three times more surpluses,” he said.

The surplus is close to $ 6 billion but “of these could be allocated 1.7 because, unfortunately, we are a country that owes – we have greatly improved the reason, public debt to GDP – and we must repay our obligations. We have no right to repeat the mistakes of the past, “he said, at the same time asking the question, with PASOK:” When you say 4 billion extra meters, this must have three times the surplus, how will this be born? ” Unless she is cut off from somewhere, as he added, recalling that there are the general rules of the European Union for the roof of expenditure. “They need explanations,” he concluded.

Elsewhere in the interview, the deputy minister, rather than the Prime Minister, noted that the opposition “announced things that are already being implemented by the government or have been implemented”. In principle, however, “it is advisable to depart from a climate of toxicity and discuss on suggestions. This is good for democracy, the country, the political system, “he noted.

Finally, the question is why while the government is generally opposed to reducing VAT, but applies, at the same time, similar measures to some islands, he clarified: “We do not deal with the issue of VAT obsession.” After all, as he added, “the consumer would not have all the benefit”, and there is a high budgetary cost. In the islands, on the other hand, the absorption of the decline by the prior chain before the consumer is “easier to identify than control mechanisms”.