“The government is judged by the effectiveness of its work”
“People do not need people and saviors, but by policies that improve their life,” Pavlos Marinakis said in an interview with SKAI, answering questions about his movements. Alexis Tsipras. The government spokesman underlined that “Mr Tsipras’ re -emergence is based on the weak memory that he considers to have citizens” and said that younger generations may not have lived “the tragedy of 2015”.
In response to the charges of a “corruption status”, Mr. Marinakis He pointed out that “Greece on Tsipras was 27th in Europe in growth and with lower wages, and today it has twice the growth rate of the European average and lower unemployment of the last 17 years.”
Pavlos Marinakis made extensive reference to the new tax reform in force in 2026. Indicatively he noted that a young person up to 25 years would not pay any tax, while by 30 years the tax rate would be reduced from 22% to 9% and that each child will be reduced by two.
He stressed that “the government is increasing wages and pensions through tax cuts and fighting tax evasion” and that “these reductions do not result from over -taxation, but from increasing revenue through growth”.
“Greece will be the first country in the EU at a rate of investment growth in 2026,” he said, while also talking about the accuracy. “Yes, there is imported accuracy and real difficulty for many households. The issue of housing is real and I have lived it personally, “he said. He also added that “the Mitsotakis government is called upon to manage most of the crises of recent decades – pandemic, war, energy crisis”, which he said, that the government did not create.
On freedom of the press, the government spokesman recalled that “the Commission in the annual report on the rule of law confirms that Greece is now one of the best performance and fewer observations than fifteen other states.”
Referring to the issue of OPEKEPE, the government spokesman said that the first payments to honest farmers start in October and continue in November and at the same time pledged that “all those involved in irregularities will be checked by the Commission” and that “
“We will not hide anything, but we will not allow the conversion of the debate into a political ring,” he added.
Mr. Marinakis expressed his human support for Panos Routsi who did a hunger strike. “We all stood human beside him, but Greece is a democracy with a distinction of powers. These decisions belong exclusively to justice, “he said.
Concluding, the government spokesman said that “the government is judged not on the basis of its political opponent, but on the basis of the effectiveness of its work and the resolution of the real problems of society.”