Έ. Ahtsioglou: Mr. Mitsotakis wonders if there is the scandal that subsidizes

“The explosive energy accuracy has been manifested in our country since the end of the summer, with a record in the wholesale price of electricity long before the war in Ukraine”, said the Head of Finance of SYRIZA, Efi Ahtsioglou

“In Greece, there is a cartel of energy producers, which Mr. Mitsotakis is notorious for, instead of hitting it at the root – with controls in the market, with a ceiling on wholesale and retail prices, with a ceiling on profits and taxation of profits that have been made. – he is watching it and wondering if there is a scandal “, he added (Kontra Channel)

“The government subsidizes the notoriety, so the citizens pay it out of their own pocket and through the State Budget,” he said, noting that “Mr. Mitsotakis’s energy policy deepened the problem, because he chose to tie the country’s energy mix to natural gas, to proceed with violent and nationally planned de-lignification, to privatize PPC as it has been doing since 2019 “.

Ms. Ahtsioglou stressed that “no serious measures have been taken to protect citizens from accuracy”, because “Mr. Mitsotakis’s government has other priorities” and pointed out that “what should have already been done is the reduction of excise duties fuel consumption at EU minimums, a reduction in VAT on food and an increase in the minimum wage to € 800, so that low- and middle-income households, who spend almost all of their income on basic necessities, have a basic coverage; in energy “.

Finally, he commented that “a government that has reduced the capital gains tax and the dividend tax, which has abolished the tax on parental benefits of 1.6 million euros, can not say that it does not reduce VAT on food because it will “This is pure hypocrisy.”