“The elections will take place in 2027 and until then we will try, more and more often, to announce positive news about citizens.”
“Instead of submitting proposals costly, they insist on cruel criticism and lies. They learned nothing from the recent story. In essence, now, the Mitsotakis government has promised since 2019 that it will gradually return the development dividend to the social groups that have been most affected, and mainly in the middle class. Rightly, we return what has been deprived of previous years, but without risking the fiscal shield of the Greek economy. We have succeeded with Greek citizens and their own sacrifices, “the Deputy Minister said under the Prime Minister and a government spokesman. Paul Marinakis In an interview with the newspaper “PARAPOLITIKA”.
“Surpluses are not a result of over -taxation, but a result of three factors: Treating tax evasion, job creation and economy growth, so the state has more revenue, without increasing tax rates. The opposition is either unable to understand, or does not understand that the state can have more tax revenue without increasing taxes. In any case, this is the only way for the “pie” to grow and so we can return to society what it has been deprived of in previous years, “he added.
To a question about whether the measures are combined with early elections Mr Marinakis said: “The New Democracy is not waiting for the elections to listen to the needs of society. This is our difference with other parties. It is not surprising that they cannot perceive this difference by pursuing monotonous criticism, without a basis. The elections will take place in 2027 and until then we will try, more and more often, to announce positive news about citizens. “
On crime and the abyss, the government spokesman said: “I start from Exarchia saying that according to official data from the Greek Police, since 2019 the thefts in the area declined by 74%, 90%robberies, episodes and police attacks by 20%and 86%of the 86%of the 86%. In the field of legality, it is evident that within a few years what has not been done in this country for decades. Finally, it becomes the obvious, to evacuate occupations at the universities, and there is not even an active occupation at the moment. In the stadiums we made bold decisions and made them act and the picture is completely different. Only in 2024 there have been 13,000 arrests for domestic violence, along with the installation of the Panic Button, the aid line on the victims of abuse, the operation of 63 staff of domestic violence. “
“The new Organized Crime Management Directorate, within just 5 months, dismissed 48 criminal organizations and solved 272 cases. Treating crime is one of the most difficult battles and requires constant vigilance. Rest assured that, no matter how some of the opposition are shouting for allegedly “police arbitrariness”, we are not going to take half a step back in the direction of the law, “Mr Marinakis stressed.
For the post -election scenarios of cooperation, the government spokesman after saying that the autonomous and stable governments were and will continue to be a ND position added “Think, when the prime minister in the EU was fighting for the recovery fund and managed to get Greece more money proportional to its GDP, to first have to persuade any of the parties that depreciated the recovery fund. Imagine if Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the midst of the pandemic, he had to talk to another party than those trying to make opposition to an unprecedented crisis, how the economy would support and businesses would not be closed. “
“We have two years ahead of us to prove that we were perfectly consistent for what we promised to the citizens in 2023. Beyond that, the citizens – and only those – will decide in 2027. Especially for PASOK, with his attitude, his rhetoric and his old age, he reached this position politically and poll. So let’s not cry, now, now over the spilled milk, “Mr Marinakis concluded.