Ad. Georgiadis: Yes to measures to support the vulnerable without putting the country back at risk of markets

“It is important for all of us to understand that on the one hand our goal and obligation is to relieve the great pressure that is being received, especially by vulnerable groups, from the ongoing energy crisis and on the other hand that there are specific budgetary margins that if “We are putting the country at risk. So yes to support measures, especially for vulnerable groups of the population who do not have to make ends meet, but we must never put our country back at risk for the markets, for partisan reasons.”

This was typically stated by the Minister of Development and Investment, Adonis Georgiadis, responding again to those who support horizontal measures to reduce the tax on fuel or VAT on food.

In fact, referring to the latest report of the State Budget Office in Parliament, Mr. Georgiadis said he was justified in his views, emphasizing that they agree with what the head of the Office, Professor Frangiskos Koutentakis, says.

“Mr. Koutentakis, who was placed in this position not by the government of ND but by the government of SYRIZA, in his report points out that any demands for large horizontal interventions would put the Greek economy in huge fiscal risks. Mr. Koutentakis who did not “He says exactly what I said last week. That we do not need horizontal measures but only targeted interventions for our vulnerable fellow human beings. We must never again put our country at risk of markets for partisan reasons,” he said. Mr. Georgiadis, on the occasion of the discussion of his bill for the new NSRF, in the competent committee of the Parliament.

SOURCE: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ