“Let’s not go beyond the limits and re -enter an excessive deficit from the Commission”
“What interests citizens is not the communication problem that the government had or did not have, but that steady steps are taking forward, with tax cuts and the improvement of earnings, both in the private and public sectors. By 2023, civil servants have received 1.3 salaries above and by 2027 they will go to two wages. The new increase in the minimum wage to 880 euros is in place today and increases in pensions have been thawed. In the context of the wage policy announced at the TIF there will be further support for civil servants, but always in the context of budget strengths. “
This was pointed out by the Vice President of the Government Kostis Hatzidakis, In an interview on SKAI television, as stated in a press release from the Deputy Vice -President of the Government, with Mr Hatzidakis adding: “The seasons of” all “have passed, because these policies as we have seen in the previous decade were first paid by the employees.” “And we would like to give more. But the point is to give up to where we can. Do not go beyond the limits and go into an excessive deficit again by the Commission. This would be a precursor to crisis and memorandums“, He underlined.
Mr Hatzidakis clarified that the effort started by the Ministry of National Defense for three reasons: “First, because the new grade in the Armed Forces resulted in internal savings. Secondly, because there is now the escape clause for defense spending under European rules. And thirdly because now the computerizations are being completed for the Pan -Hellenic exams and since there was no interest in the Evelpidon School we had to send the message now. ” Then, as he said, there will be a dialogue with the relevant ministries and the margins will be exhausted in the context of a policy that is already existing. “We do not need to violate open doors. We have been elected with specific commitments in 2023 and will keep these commitments, ”he said.
The deputy prime minister said that the government’s narrative has not been so clear in the second four years, despite the fact that reforms, such as non -state universities, the initiatives to deal with the tax evasion that brought without prior results, the modernization. “It is clear that with us Greece is taking and will take steady steps forward. We have to do this as clean as possible. And this goal will be achieved by promoting the reforms already planned to further reduce taxes, for the modernization of OSE, for much faster procedures in justice, etc. ” he said.
Answering questions, the Deputy Prime Minister also mentioned the following:
-For the tragedy of Tempi: “I do not want to encourage, but more and more various theories that had developed from time to time collapse.”
-For OSE: Deputy Minister Konstantinos Kiranakis is preparing a fairly courageous bill in following the proposals of the European Commission, EPASAM, RAS, OSE and employees in order to, as Mr Hatzidakis said, “to take a big step in PPC”. “We are not talking about privatization, after all, anywhere the OSE are not private. But let’s give OSE greater flexibility – as it did in PPC – to come out of the private sector and, along with today’s OSE executives, move forward, with people who can really do the job. Dozens of efforts have been made in the past and have failed. Logic says we now have to take another path. For example, a large state -owned European company that has the know -how to undertake the maintenance of the network. We need fast and effective solutions. We have to be oriented to the result and the prime minister is mostly a politician -oriented outcome, ”he added.
-For ferry tickets: “We work intensively so that families who travel not to be burdened with increases. We are in contact with the Ministry of Maritime and Island Policy and the other relevant ministries, we will exhaust the budget and elsewhere so that we can deal with the problem in time, “said Hatzidakis. Additional pressure on prices are being raised this year by EU anti -pollution policy burdens.
“There are no magic recipes with us. Don’t expect to tell him that we will become Switzerland. There are many others who say it. We have tried them in the past with bright results. But it is certain that steps are taking and from now on there will be much more. In September we will have moves positive with the reduction of direct taxes and the new government’s wage policy. Again in the fall we will have projects that will be completed, such as the Patras – Pyrgos highway and later the expansion of the Thessaloniki Metro. We will have the non -state universities that will start operating. We will have the new reform interventions of the Ministry of Justice. We have been elected with specific commitments in 2023 and we will honor these commitments, ”concluded Mr. Hatzidakis.