“The situation of the Greek economy is self -evidently good,” the Minister of Finance underlines Kyriakos Pierrakakisabout the enforcement dictatorial from the US and the resulting global upheavals.
At the same time, Mr. Pierrakakis said that “we will focus and deepen our politics and fiscal stability. We will be very careful about fiscal policy and will be increasingly deepened by reforms and dynamics that release the country’s growth potential “, adding that” strategic planning in budget will be itself and this is the wisdom of the new approach to the EU “.
From the 10th Delphi Economic Forum, the minister said (asking if there will be a surplus) that the prioritization is on three parts: national, development and social. For the first part, he said that there was spending on expenditure by the Ministry of National Defense and the prime minister decided to implement this policy (with increases in the Armed Forces). Pointing out that “taxes must be reduced” and this has a growth and social sign. ” But he added that the answer must be within a framework and fiscal stability is an absolute condition to do so. And he cited as an example that the minimum wage for a citizen with two children increased by up to 40% since 2019. “There is a social need and we have to answer it,” he concluded.
On whether the 13th and 14th salaries and 13th and 14th pension will be given, the minister reiterated that the cost is € 7.8 billion and “no, there is no money. This policy is not on the table. ” He said there should be support for everyone and said that in the last two years increases in civil servants are 2.07 billion euros or 1.3 salaries per employee, while increases in retirees exceed 10%. Pointing out that “the country must be stable so that we can be able to do beneficial actions for the whole population.”
On the issue of accuracy, he said he was in close cooperation with the Ministry of Development, with emphasis on controls with the new digital tools. While defending the new way of taxing freelancers, saying that it was drawn more than 0.5 billion euros from this policy.
Source: RES – EIA