According to information, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will request a debate in Parliament on all energy issues, after his return from the United States.
The national plan for the subsidy of electricity bills has been formed in the last twenty-four hours in the government staff.
Announcements of new support measures are a matter of days
The final details of the new intervention being prepared by the government’s energy and finance staff in order to “deflate” the accounts to give breath to households and businesses that are groaning from precision to energy, meeting at the Maximos Palace after the return of the Prime Minister from Alexandroupoli.
In the meeting in which Mr. Minister of Energy Costas Skrekas and Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance Thanos Petralias The state interventions that have almost “locked in” with their fiscal footprint were discussed, while the issues raised by the European Energy Ministers in Brussels during their informal meeting were also discussed.
The data so far show that the government is oriented towards an additional support of households and businesses, for all and with a horizon initially until the end of the year, while if the conditions require it and the crisis does not end, the aid should continue and the first semester of 2023. This possibility was “photographed” by o Minister of Finance Christos Staikouras stating that the government will proceed with interventions, which “the citizen will see for the whole year” describing the upcoming interventions as strong and important, while leaving open the possibility of continuing in 2023, noting that the interventions will exist “at least until end of the year “.
Intervention scenarios
The government staff “weighs” two scenarios, the possibility of intervening in the wholesale price, while there are also thoughts – which may prevail – about double intervention both wholesale and retail electricity prices, always aiming for a bold reduction in bills that will approach pre-crisis prices, as government officials emphatically point out. “I would like to reassure the citizens that in the near future we will announce a new framework for supporting society and business, which will respond very convincingly and drastically to the problem of accuracy in energy prices,” the government spokesman reiterated during the briefing. of political authors.
Fire for energy on both sides, between government and opposition
From Iliawhere he toured President of SYRIZA Alexis Tsipras attacked the government and its policies and argued that “the extremely difficult situation we are experiencing is not simply due to the crisis due to the war but to the government that pursued a disastrous strategic choice”.
He even insisted on Koumoundourou’s view that Greece is consistently the most expensive in Europe at the wholesale energy price, while passing on almost 100% of this exorbitant wholesale cost to the consumer with the irrational and illegal adjustment clause. “The EU has an average 20% increase in energy prices and we have over 75%. The whole margin goes to super-profits, to skyrocketing profits of energy producers. “stressed Alexis Tsipras, who also submitted a relevant topical question to the Prime Minister about the” golden boys “of PPC, as he mentioned.
An attack to which he responded government representative retaliating with fire and accusing the official opposition leader of lies and toxicity. “Using monotonously the well-known opposition clichés, recycling the same stereotypes and constantly telling outrageous lies, the only thing that Mr. Tsipras manages to do is to confirm that in an environment of repeated international crises only toxicity has to contribute …
After all, in Ilia people are well aware of his lies and the zero value of his promises and we all know why. Because he is the man who, with the partition of Patras – Pyrgos, did not hesitate to throw the project on the rocks in order to favor those who believed that they would ensure the manipulation of the press and the party control of the information. The road started now because the government and the Prime Minister worked with a plan and method. Because this is how problems are solved and not with crowns and toxicity. With a plan and determination we will drastically deal with the increases in electricity. “For everyone, without leaving anyone behind,” said Giannis Oikonomou in his announcement.
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