As leader of the opposition official, the Nikos Androulakis He was invited and spoke recently at the Annual General Assembly of BSE, at the Concert Hall and attended the lunch given by the administration of the Greek industry. Its chairman Change He presented in detail his proposals to enhance entrepreneurship and industry as well as the development and increase of the productivity and competitiveness of the Greek economy.
Mr. Androulakis initially described the conditions of uncertainty and tectonic changes on the international stage and the global economy, which are reinforced by the Middle East war. He pointed out the challenges for Greece which, he said, “must strengthen every parameter of its national power: economy, institutions, defense, social state, demographic.” He added that inequalities are exacerbated and that despite the historical opportunity with the recovery fund, few things changed in the country’s development model: “Inadequate support of industry, weak institutions, the absence of powerful incentives for investment and technology. It is precisely these challenges we are called upon to face today, “he said.
The PASOK-KINAL president pointed out the importance of active industrial policy that is coming back to the forefront, after several decades, stressing that “our industry already has a good basis:
- It produces almost 1/3 of GDP, along with its ecosystem.
- It offers 418,000 direct jobs, more than all accommodation and catering services.
- It supports 40% of revenue from tax taxes.
- It provides fees of 34% higher than the average economy.
He noticed how the Greek economy has to take even more decisive steps to fill the big investment gap left by the crisis by criticizing the government for the policy of growth as it results in that the current account deficit moving in the area of 6%.
“For us, productive reconstruction is a national goal. And we want this goal to implement with our own government plan:
With the establishment of a permanent Ministry of Made in Greece, which will gather the scattered administrative structures for production, investment and growth. A model ministry that will function as one stop shop.
Transparency, with simple and fast processes. Without secret deal in clericals and deals under the table with daytime power, “Nikos Androulakis stressed.
He also argued that growth without a fair distribution is not viable as in recent years a huge redistribution of wealth has taken place with the share of GDP labor being the second lowest in Europe and is constantly decreasing by 2020. While profits as a percentage of GDP are one of the highest in the European Union.
“What we need today is a new plan, competitive and fair growth that will mobilize all healthy productive forces and offer:
- In the state, the responsibility to form a transparent, stable and fair development environment with equal competition rules.
- In employers, the incentive to invest in technology for value added products by increasing both productivity and durability.
- To workers, the confidence that their efforts will be rewarded, the cost of living will be reasonable, their lives will have a prospect, “PASOK-KINAL President said.
He described this new plan “for which we will fight as the next government”, as he pointed out and which includes 9 key pillars:
The first axis concerns energy costs:
“Today, the time has come for major changes. Especially for industry, energy costs are the number one problem, “he said and brought the Italian example as a model of good practice, which offers a successful model of industry support and has the approval of the European Commission.
“With this model, industries provide a steady and low power price for 25% of their consumption, for three years and in return, they are committed to constructing new RES projects and providing this energy to the market,” Mr Androulakis noted.
The second prerequisite is the taxation and depreciation with generous reforms in the incentives and the tax system and targeting a stable, law and development system.
For non -wage costs, he stressed how to gradually be reduced to European average levels. “The New Democracy has invested in the Golden Visa. We are opposing Angel Visa. That is, in order to get a Visa to invest in research, innovation, a start-up, invest in a start-up small and medium-sized business, not in homes, when there is a lack of offer that leads to a rapid increase in rents.
For the part of the world of labor, it is as necessary as ever to tax the tax scale, so that employees receive real increases and not just nominal. As well as interventions in the tax steps are needed to remove injustices that burden income from wage labor.
Finally, we have to reshape the relationship between direct and indirect taxes, “he said.
For inflation and accuracy he noticed that it remains high with the problem not only prices, but also lack of rules and inability to control.
‘We are committed to one:
- Strong Competition Committee to put an end to the nonsense of oligarchs: energy, banks, food, health.
- A single consumer principle and strict fines, for the consumer to know who is speculating.
The information will boost the consumer movement that is anemic in our country in relation to other European states. “
The fourth axis of the productive reconstruction plan proposed by the PASOK Change is the modern labor relations with the reactivation of collective bargaining and a return to social negotiation for the formation of the minimum wage.
On funding, he proposed the development of the development bank into a single, independent development institution, with characteristics of a national wealth fund that will be a lever of both sustainable and regional development and incorporate the “hypertension” into a national development plan.
Mr. Androulakis made a more specific reference to the placement of industrial areas in the country with specific and targeted interventions.
He also pointed out the need for interconnection of education and industry, the strengthening of the domestic defense industry, as “Greece has the opportunity to exploit the Rearm EU program” in answering the question: “will we remain consumers of defense equipment or convert to producers or co -producers?
It’s time to change course. Reinforce the industry to:
- Support our national defense.
- To produce added value to the economy.
- Claim co -productions of equipment systems where possible.
- Design and implement investment programs by utilizing White Bible tools and Safe, “he said while reiterating that” it will be irrational and dangerous to use the money of the Safe Turkish private companies. And we consider the failure of the government that failed to prevent it.
In order to achieve this vision, we will proceed with the establishment of the General Secretariat for Defense, with a single political responsibility for defense investment and the defense industry. “
Nikos Androulakis highlighted as a ninth but decisive axis for the country’s productive reconstitution to upgrade justice. “Serious investments without credible justice cannot exist. Not even without a cohesive institutional framework for accountability and transparency, “he said and proposed three specific measures:
- Change in the way of choosing the leadership of justice.
- The change in the law on the responsibility of ministers. Four years after the judges were retired, they cannot get a public office.
“I believe deeply and I am struggling, so that together, state, employers and employees, we can overcome. For a sustainable and durable development, to strengthen our national power, for the consolidation of social justice. To move Greece and the younger generation, with determination and confidence, “concluded Nikos Androulakis.