“I couldn’t deny Kyriakos Mitsotakis a second time. If I did, I would be a cowardly man. ” With this personal confession the Vice President of the Government Kostis Hatzidakis explains to the George Eugenides and Direct of protothema.gr his decision to take on a staff role at the Maximos Palace. As he says, “I entered Maximus for the most effective coordination” with the aim of “good players to become a good team”.
Mr Hatzidakis, who describes himself as a “man of special missions”, stressed that in today’s difficult phase for the government, responsibility was for him a “patriotic duty” issue.
Referring to the issue of railwayhe revealed that soon a “courageous bill on OSE” comes to the standards of PPC resolution. As he said, the goal is to rapidly upgrade and maintain the network, the adoption of European proposals and the attraction of executives from the private sector, despite the expected criticism: “Among the telling us we got golden boys and accusing us of failing, I prefer the first.” Concerning the Tempe’s accident, the Vice President emphasized that the responsibilities should be attributed to their “true dimension”.
Kostis Hatzidakis highlighted the need for realism at a time when the country is in danger of the secondary effects of a new international crisis. “No one is in a protective bowl. It is an advantage that now we have a government that does not make money, “he commented. At the same time, he heralded a social dividend for 2025 and 2026, subject to prudent management and tax evasion reduction.
