“There was a narrative from the opposition that on the one hand the government does not give money while on the other there are some good people who will distribute ‘money to the cosmos’.” With the interventions announced Yesterday and those that had preceded this narrative in April. Because it turns out that the government, by emphasizing the growth and restriction of tax evasion, finds revenue for the social dividend without increasing tax rates. On the contrary, it reduces them. So the message is that we need serious managers and not people who are supposedly tearing their clothes for the world. “
This was pointed out by the Vice President of the Government Kostis Hatzidakis in an interview today on SKAI TV Following the announcements of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis yesterday at the inauguration of the Thessaloniki International Exhibition.
“We,” he also stressed, “are steadily proceeding. We are not miracles. On the other hand, some represent merciful, or have “money”. We do not overlook the problems in society, especially accuracy in recent years, but we are trying to remain as modest and effective as possible. And to remember that the more you go up, the more people of a servant you have to be. “
Answering questions about the interventions announced yesterday by the Prime Minister, Mr Hatzidakis said, inter alia:
- -For income policy in the State: In addition to increasing the income that civil servants will have due to the reduction of taxation, there will be further increase in public salaries depending on the increase in the minimum wage in the private sector that will apply from April 1. There will also be a significant increase for Armed Forces and Security Forces executives to be implemented this October with the new payroll.
- -For the new tax scale: Reduction of tax rates is horizontal. It applies not only to private sector employees but also to civil servants and retirees and freelancers. And tax reduction is greater for those who have more children.
- -For pensions: In addition to the abolition of personal difference, there is the 250 euro allowance given this year and the benefit of the reduction of tax rates.
- -To be precise: When one has more than 800, 1,000, or 2,000 euros a year in his pocket due to tax cuts, it also affects the accuracy.
- -For the young people: All the debate from the opposition and from various commentators was for the 13th salary. Other important categories had been forgotten in public debate, such as private employees and young people, as if they did not exist in Greek society.
- -For the abolition of ENFIA in the villages with up to 1,500 inhabitants: It is a message of support of the countryside with a strong social and national color.
- -To reduce VAT on the islands with a population of up to 20,000 in the north and southern Aegean: so far the reduced contributor was in place in five islands where there were structures for immigrants. It is now expanding to Acritics and Samothrace. It was a fixed and reasonable request.
- -For interventions in education: We strive not to be the third high school a year of anxiety and endless tutorials, but to normalize and depend on the admission to the University on the more comprehensive performance in the Lyceum. The changes will not be suddenly made. There will be a four -year transition period, after a dialogue with opposition parties. They should not be done in terms of classical, political confrontation, but discuss that we will reduce stress in children.
“These interventions,” Mr Hatzidakis concluded, “is not the result of generosity but a serious policy that has been pursued in recent years. The fact that Greece today borrows in more favorable terms than France and Italy is indicative of the progress made. We want to safeguard this progress, so we measure the potential and go to where we can. We do not want to return to surveillance in the name of any populism or electoral feasibility. “