Ad. Georgiadis: KINAL uses the “recipe of the beautiful Eleni”

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The Minister of Development and Investments, Adonis Georgiadis, accused the Movement for Change of “manipulative populism”, during the discussion of the current question in the Parliament, about the “tsunami” of accuracy, and stressed that “the government has faced the problem by reducing taxes, the reduction of insurance contributions, with the financial support measures – has already faced at the pocket level the problem of accuracy and will continue in 2022 “.

“Is the Greek government responsible for inflation, the leaders of the Movement for Change? The Eurostat report on inflation the day before yesterday shows that Greece is still much lower than most. You say about the increase in food prices in Greece. I present to you, from the FAO, the world organization for food safety, data that show that globally, in the whole globe, food prices in 2021, have reached their highest point in a decade.Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Minister of Development, Adonis Georgiadis, are to blame for the global increase in food prices? “Europe as a whole and the planet, since World War II”, said Adonis Georgiadis and added that “the f is related to quarantine, to the large support packages that have given the markets money that must somehow be absorbed, and money, as is well known, is being burned for inflation, with geopolitical developments in Europe, with competition in the natural market accelerating the green energy targets set by the EU “.

The phenomenon is multifactorial, that is why it lasts longer than the initial forecasts and that is why we must speak seriously, because it will finally concern us for a long time, said Mr. Georgiadis and referred to the actions of the Competition Commission in recent months. , to control the cartels in both the supermarkets, and the wholesale chain, and in general throughout the supply chain, to note that most of the controls of the decade took place.

He also submitted to Parliament the results of the daily audits of the General Secretariat for Consumer Affairs, to underline that the current political leadership has established, for the duration of the pandemic, a maximum profit ceiling, not higher than February 2020, so that there is a tool in audits and to impose fines on the phenomena of scandal.

“Under this provision, supermarket prices are monitored daily,” said the Minister of Development & Investment, adding that the measures had an effect, citing in particular the price trend in pandemic masks and antiseptic prices. In particular, he stressed, with the positive intervention of the government and the e-consumer, citizens can be informed where to find the cheapest prices, near their homes.

The Minister of Development & Investment commented on what the head of the Central Committee of the Movement for Change, Michalis Katrinis, had observed earlier about the insight of Mr. Georgiadis, when he predicted that prices would start to fall, last December.

“As for my forecast, I submit an article from Reuters yesterday, which states that unfortunately the ECB has a very bad precedent in its inflation forecasts,” Georgiadis said, adding: “The ECB has failed in its forecasts for inflation and obviously, the Minister of Development of Greece, reads the reports of the ECB and the BoG reads. And when these institutes, which have the most specialized scientists to do this job, fall short of their forecasts, yes I will fall “I’m out in my prediction. I’m entitled.”

“The phenomenon of inflation is so dynamic in the world economy and ultimately so much more multifactorial, where becoming prophets is a bit difficult,” said Mr. Georgiadis, adding that the whole argument for his prediction can be replaced by the forecast of Christine Lagarde, the forecast of the US central banks, the forecast of Moody’s, etc.

In Greece, we do not really have a rise in prices. The rise we have is due to the rise in energy prices, said the Minister of Development and Investment, submitting IOBE data on inflation in 2021 due to energy goods.

Adonis Georgiadis said that inflation, from December 2021, to January 2022, fell by 0.2. “Not only is the argument that we have an explosion of inflation not valid, but we have a very slight decline in the consumer price index in January, compared to December,” said the Minister of Development, citing a study by IOBE according to which, the significant rise in prices in November and December due to a base result, due to the low level of the general consumer price index, a year earlier.

The “recipe of the beautiful Eleni”

In fact, the minister accused KINAL of using the “recipe of the beautiful Eleni” and stressed:

” Writes Mr. Androulakis, the honorable Mr. President of the Movement for Change at Vima on Sunday 23/1. How much is the inflation that Portugal has in 2021 gentlemen of the Movement for Change? How much is inflation in Portugal? 1.3%, well done. It is low inflation.

It is, in fact, the 3rd lowest inflation in the European Union and Mr. Androulakis praises Portugal for achieving an average inflation rate of 3% in the European Union, for Portugal to have 1.3% and it explains well in my opinion that it shielded the its economy and well done Portugal.

Excuse me, if we have to give a thumbs up to a country that has an inflation rate of 1.3%, can Mr. Androulakis and KINAL explain to me why we should not give a thumbs up to a country that has 1.2%?

Because, for you to know, inflation in ’21 has Malta last with 1.1%, Greece second from the end with 1.2% and Portugal 3rd from the end with 1.3%.

I really want KINAL to explain to me, why does Mr. Androulakis only admire Portugal? Obviously if one realizes the success of Portugal one, one must perceive the success of Greece two. And I say this as an example of how it started.

As you know, on Sunday, the Prime Minister accused Mr. Androulakis of trying to run for office in secret. I have a theory about this in politics and I want to analyze it for you.

It’s a good recipe in politics but for a while. I give a piece of advice to Mr. Androulakis and KINAL: it’s a good recipe for a while. I call her, “the recipe of the beautiful Eleni”.

Homer in Homer’s Iliad does not have any kind of description of how beautiful Eleni is. She never says if she is blonde, or if she is brunette, or if she is short, or if she is tall, or if she is thin, or anything. Everyone, in the thousands of years that he reads the Iliad, dreams of the beautiful Eleni as he wants.

It’s a nice trick for poetry, it helps politics for a while, why do you not upset anyone, you do not say about Novartis, you say how good Portugal is, you say various gossips, but why does it do it? Because as soon as he wrote his first article, we got into a fight. He admires Portugal for 1.3%, but forgets Greece for 1.2% ”.

E. Liakouli: “The basket does not just become more expensive, it empties shockingly”

“The basket is not just expensive, it is emptying shockingly”, said during the discussion of the current question of the Movement for Change, the secretary of the Parliamentary group Evangelia Liakoulis and referred to the “tragic findings” of the recent poll which shows that Greek households have reduced basic goods of market accuracy.

“They also reduced their car use due to expensive fuels, but also heating in the midst of bad weather and frost. 57% of Greek households say they have reduced purchases of basic goods due to price increases, while at the same time eight out of ten “, that is, 79%, have reduced the heating and 58% do not use the car, because the price of fuel has skyrocketed”, said the secretary of the KINAL Central Committee and commented: “Of course, New Democracy claims that the poor do not Now we will wait for the bicycle policy from your government, because I already see that you have warmed up, you are making the life of the Greek citizens a bicycle. workers with a basic salary are called to live on 569.38 euros, please, in their pocket per month “.

“And while all this is happening, the government on its canvas chooses to paint a surreal landscape, outside and beyond any reality. Make collages with selfie photos in supermarkets, with happy consumers, while even intervening in the psychological state of our people with remarks. “you are very grumpy”, “stop this blackness, you can not stand it”. The grumbling can not stand it, the government says. of tolerance – you see it, you feel it, you touch it – our people, who, after first believing in the hopes that some others sold to them, trusted you, the government with the staffs, the staffs, the chiefs of staff who would do a great job “Three years later no one saw anything,” said Ms. Liakouli.

“The gap between the current minimum wage and the decent living wage is exacerbated by the consequences of accuracy in terms of real purchasing power, which the government ignores, disputes or is badly indifferent to,” said Alikou. He pointed out that in 2020, Greece’s decent living wage had the fifth lowest purchasing power in the European Union, which, however, was almost equal to Slovenia and Hungary. At the same time, the purchasing power of a decent living wage in Northern and Western Europe was more than double that of Greece. “The market and the deterioration of labor, living standards, employment protection, wage inequalities and the shrinking of workers’ rights lead to the need for structural interventions, to the strengthening of labor market cohesion and decent work and prosperity, but only with “targeted interventions and not patchwork measures. All this is sought by the government”, said Mr. Moulkiotis and pointed out that every employee loses at least 1.6% of his salary, to cover these increased living costs.