The certainty that the crisis in France is not will affect Greece Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis expressed, “because the philosophy of the new European rule focuses on spending and not on deficits.”
Kyriakos Pierrakakis explained that ‘we prefer the patriotic tax exemptions From patriotic taxes because they do not honor the first synthetic, ”throwing the glove to what Alexis Tsipras recently said.
As for the measures announced at the TIF, The finance minister said ‘I feel that they have been embraced by citizens Because even the toughest critic will say that we have solid measures with a single narrative that touches the demographic and aims in the middle class. “
He explained that “the budgetary space was 1.76 billion, so we covered it all. With the given condition this is the space, after that we would go into control procedures. “
Asked, too, why it was not decided a general VAT reduction and not only on the islands, he initially noted that “a study by the Bank of Greece shows that only 19% of the VAT reduction is reached the world in the short term”. He then said that “there was a distortion in the islands because there was already a reduced VAT on 5 islands and had to be resolved.
There is a European Directive on Islands Exception as there is higher shipping costs. The peculiarity of the part defines intervention. ” “Do people prefer to go money to themselves or through mediation?” Mr. Pierrakakis wondered, accusing the opposition of “saying it all by messing with the Thessaloniki exhibition with the Thessaloniki program”.
Especially for France, he explained that the crisis in this country will not affect Greece “because this is the philosophy of the new European rule since surpluses do not play a role but you are negotiating expenditure with Brussels. Expenditure is stable and the good year you have a surplus will go to debt while in a bad year the costs will remain to strengthen society. “
Referring to ‘Greater reform in taxation’, The finance minister said that “the way we tax is changed, we will now do it based on children, which has not been the case for 10 years”, adding that “young people are incentive. The system must accelerate the entry of young people into the labor market. “
Returning to the criticism of the opposition, Kyriakos Pierrakakis said, “I hear a mixture of old slogans and a lack of imagination and the last time it was implemented the middle class was now taxed. Our measures show compact philosophy we understand what the problems are to manage. “
“A university professor had told me that the most political game is Tetris because successes disappear and the difficulties accumulate. The government has proven how and what to do. The policies We apply will arrive and talk to every part of the country. I think the political footprint will appear. In the first Eurogroup I went, I was told that Greece is budgetary with blood and a difficult 10 years and the VAT gap that is not collected is decreased every year. “
‘Listen to Alexis Tsipras’ speech, It was not rebring but replay. The criticism they make is click on the throttle, people do not want a violent return to yesterday, ”concluded Kyriakos Pierrakakis.