By Penelope Galliou
The government and the Ministry of Finance are expected to vote by the end of the week on supplementary budget amounting to 2.6 billion euros in Parliament. An economic “cushion” that the government will use in the first phase to cover the upcoming “Accuracy check” which will receive 670,000 beneficiaries from the vulnerable social strata, amounting to about half a billion euros, while the rest will be the financial “reserve” for interventions and any new measures that will be required to address the ongoing energy crisis.
The next measures
As already recommended to his Ministers by Prime Minister from the pre-conference of ND in Thessaloniki, if the already voted measures are not implemented and their performance is not recorded, it is good not to talk about next ones. In April, according to information, the only announcement will be about its increase minimum wage which will exceed 700 euros.
Beyond that, on the table of Megaro Maximos are all the proposals that have been discussed from time to time and concern the support of households, businesses and farmers from the price increases in energy and goods, but the final decisions are not expected to be made before May.
THE reduction of VAT in fact, which has been widely discussed by both government officials and the opposition, which is ardently demanding it, is a part that concerns the government a lot, as there is great concern as to whether such an intervention would reach its full dimension to the consumer. .
But what is almost certain, according to the same sources, is that additional support will be needed for electricity billsas long as the crisis lasts there is no expected brake on the rally of energy prices.
The May Summit is a milestone
In each case landmark for the Greek government is the Extraordinary Summit on May 30-31, which will focus on the energy crisis and the spotlight on the decisions that European leaders will be called upon to make. THE Kyriakos Mitsotakis is expected to stick to his proposals on the issue of revaluations, which he demands European solutionin parallel with the measures taken at national level, as well as the need for a ceiling on the wholesale market price of natural gas.
The decisions of the 27, however, will judge the next moves of the Greek government and whether it will move to a single joint plan of action with our European partners or will proceed independently at national level.
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