“State debt overdue has been struck at $ 3.35 billion from 1.99 billion in 2019»
“They are threatened with closure thousands of businesses because the State is delayed to pay what owes them,” PASOK MP warned Michalis Katriniwith a question addressed to the Ministry of National Economy and Finance.
‘State debt overdue have been struck at 3.35 billion from 1.99 billion in 2019despite the government’s narrative of a strong economy. “
As PASOK MP said: “These debts are basically related to small and medium -sized enterprises such as tourist accommodation, grants of the development law, compensation to farmers, very small photovoltaics, hospital suppliers or other public services and small -and -prayer It is debt to businesses with limited liquidity and inability to access bank lending. “
“On the issue of long delays in repaying these government debts, which have been up to months or even years, our country has been referred to the European Court of Justice twice in the last two years,” Michalis Katrinis said. He also asked to be informed about when the government intends to proceed with the repayment of the State’s arrears to businesses as well as the If the government is considering the creation of a single payment management mechanism of the overdue debt of the General Government with priority in the old debts.
He also asked to find out how many businesses for which these arrears exist, what percentage of these businesses are small and what is large and very large.
He called on the Minister of National Economy and Finance to inform what planning is to prevent the creation of new State debts and whether the relevant Court’s recommendations have been adopted as well as the relevant Court’s recommendations as well as If the government intends to take action to make their payment in chronological order, objective criteria and transparently.