Invited to the “Mega Time Society” show was Friday morning The Vice -President of the Government, Kostis Hatzidakiswho spoke for the financial support measures which the prime minister announced after the announcement of the primary surplus.
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For people with disabilities
“Indeed, there is a 65 -year -old filter because there, and based on the data published by ELSTAT, the poverty rates appear to be higher and because the measures should be targeted, the age criterion was chosen for both retirees and disabled and of course uninsured.”
‘I want to remind you that both the pensions as well as wheelchair benefits They have ‘thawed’. An additional increase has been recently given to disability benefits and we are here, depending on the strengths of the budget and the economy, to see additional increases then, ”says Hatzidakis.
“We would like to give more. If we didn’t have the performance we had, 4.8% primary surplus and another 3% normal surplus, and we had the performance that I had talked about, we would probably have nothing to do. Because we had better performance thanks to the restriction of tax evasion and thanks to the operation of the digital work card and the housekeeping in general public finances, we have been able to bring and brought these three initiatives we announced. “
As he himself says:
“We would like to give other social groups, but one starts from the biggest problems. The biggest problems are pensioners and disabled, those who are over 65 years old have more difficulties. “
For rents
«With rents there is also a major social theme. We focused there, we put an extra 500,000,000 euros to support public investment because we live in troubled times and our economy must move. We need to have a household approach, “says Mr. Hatzidakis for rents.
«In September at TIFbecause it is going well and I hope that the budget is going well from now on, and based on the discussions we will have with both the European Commission and on the basis of the decisions made for the so -called escape clause in the defense, the Prime Minister will return to September with a second one in September. with further tax cuts at that time. “
“Everything is on the table. What will be selected is a matter of economic and social priorities. We will see them at the right time, “he points out.
What did he say about the 120 doses
“For those who face more serious problems and have debt to the State, there is always the way out of the out -of -court settlement that is something we should not underestimate.”