Έ. Ahtsioglou, S. Famellos: The government refuses to impose measures for notoriety

“Today’s statements by the Ministers of Finance and Environment and Energy, as well as yesterday’s speech by Mr. Mitsotakis, constitute a clear confession that for 9 months households and small and medium-sized enterprises have been subjected to extreme looting of their income under the full responsibility of the government.” in a joint statement, the Head of Finance of SYRIZA-PS, Efi Ahtsioglou and the Head of Environment and Energy, Socrates Famellos.

“Apart from this cynical confession, what has been announced is a continuation of the policy that supports and subsidizes the notoriety of energy companies, feeding their super profits from the pockets of the citizens, the state budget and the resources of the Energy Transition Fund,” they comment. stressing that the retroactive compensation of household consumers for the period December-May, which the Prime Minister announced with a push and a “limit of 600 euros”, proves to be a communication “bubble”, as 280,000,000 are available for 4.2 million consumers, that is, an average of 66.6 euros for the whole semester “.

Continuing, the two deputies of SYRIZA-PS, state that “for the next two months, consumers will continue to suffer electric shocks from their bills and the government will subsidize the notoriety, as it has been doing since September 2021”.

“Mr. Mitsotakis’s false commitment that 80% of the increases would be covered was also confirmed. However, there are still many gaps in the announced subsidies regarding small and medium-sized businesses and enterprises, farmers, DEYA and Municipalities,” they note. and add:

“The murky mechanism for the wholesale price of electricity, referred to in July, is by no means a blow to the root of the problem, but confirms the party at the expense of society set up by the government nine months ago.”

As they claim: “Nothing new was said about the calculation and taxation of the super profits, which continue to accumulate while Mr. Mitsotakis is still looking for them. There is no intervention for the generalized and sweeping wave of accuracy in food and basic goods. No intervention was announced for the suspension of power cuts to the citizens who are unable to pay the adjustment clause of Mr. Mitsotakis “.

“The government once again denies the immediate imposition of measures for embezzlement in energy, the implementation of the Iberian model and maintains for the coming months the Mitsotaki robbery clause. The bill will be returned to it by society itself,” the officials conclude. heads of SYRIZA-PS.

Source: Capital

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