“The prime minister is talking about fake news who instead of proceeding with the modernization of the labor market, the it deregulates steadily by widening her job insecurity and overwork disrupting the balance between family and work life“, comments Kostas Tsoukalas in his statement about the Sunday posting of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

The press representative of PASOK-Movement of Change accuses the Prime Minister ofi “anti to invest in quality her work and the wage support as tools to increase productivity and address demographics, it imposes bankrupt model of cheap and devalued labor».

He notes that “the argument of Kyriakos Mitsotakis about the non-obligation of 1 pmthe civil code answers this in article 659 and article 57 of Law 4808/2021 which the government of the New Republic has voted for. He argues that “the neoliberal ideology of the Mitsotakis government creates dead ends for the social majority and undermines the course of the economy”.

The representative of PASOK emphasizes that “There is an alternative path to this policy. There is another path of dignity and perspective for the world of work”. It underlines PASOK’s commitment “to repeal the laws of the government, which challenge the conquests of years and to proceed as the next government to a national social and productive contract between business and the world of work, for a long-term competitive economy with a sign that will ensure upward social mobility”.

As a postscript to his statement, Mr. Tsoukalas comments: “its editor of Mr. Mitsotakis’ Sunday post, let him not expose him». He emphasizes in particular that “PASOK voted against all the provisions of the sweepstakes bill on 13 hours and flexible working” and adds: “If he wonders why we supported provisions of the same bill, which related to the ratification of international conventions on health and safety at work, we answer him that we did the right thing”.

Finally he comments that “they have already lost the eggs and the baskets. Like the ones that Mr. Theodorikakos is advertising again as an antidote to accuracy, which breaks every record during their rule”.

SYRIZA: You can’t fool everyone forever

At the same time, SYRIZA also issued a statement for the Prime Minister’s post stating: “We remind Mr. Mitsotakis: You can fool a few for a long time, many for a while, but you can’t fool everyone forever.

To be precise

He writes in his Sunday message: “Amidst a difficult international environment, we are fighting a constant battle to contain prices, especially in the basic necessities of life.”

Who is he kidding?

Let’s take a look at indicative bread prices from 2020 until today… Loaf price

2020: 0.80 euros
2021: 0.95 euros
2022: 1.10 euros
2023: 1.20 euros
2025: 1.40 euros (estimate)

ELSTAT records large increases in a number of important everyday goods every month.

There are important questions here…

The government admits that its policies of the previous years with “household basket”, “christmas basket”, “godfather’s basket” failed? We have not heard any self-criticism from Mr. Mitsotakis.

Since the government claims to bring reductions to more than 2000 product codes on the shelves of super markets and can monitor the measure and succeed, why does it claim that with the same mechanism the reduction of VAT on basic necessities would not work?

How many product codes does a medium-sized super market have to take into account the scope of the intervention and how many consumer or everyday products are included in these 2000 codes?

How will the speculators who raised prices the most when the measure was announced to reduce them less today and record hidden unfair speculation be dealt with?

For the labor law

The Prime Minister’s report on the new labor bill is the definition of deep fake news. The report by the BBC, POLITICO and other international media, that Greece is the only EU country where a worker can work 13 hours, is embarrassing for the Mitsotakis legislation.

Ms. Kerameos claimed that she is being congratulated for her implementation of 13-hour work. Why not more than 13 hours – maybe the applause will get even louder. No employee can and should not work 13 hours. All of Europe is looking for ways to reduce working hours and increase wages. This is how the productivity of work increases, this is how the worker has quality in his life and does not become a machine, even the machines have to stop at certain times”.