Al. Haritsis: Society pays for government inaction in accuracy management

“The crisis is international, but the consequences for our country are heavier than anywhere else in Europe,” said SYRIZA-PS Head of Development and Investment and Messinian MP Alexis Haritsis in ERT’s “First Program”.

“We have the highest inflation in all of Western Europe and it is growing rapidly from month to month,” he said. mattresses to have the greatest burden “.

“If the government had implemented a different policy, proceeding with the interventions we have proposed for months, we would not have reached the point of threatening social cohesion,” said the Head of Development, stressing the need to “support citizens’ incomes and consumption with a bold increase in the minimum wage “and” alleviation of key indirect tax rates, such as VAT on food and VAT on energy and fuel “,” a measure proposed by the EU and for which we have tabled an amendment since September 2021 ” .

“But the most basic measure is the decisive regulation of the energy market. It is not possible to be the only country in Europe that has 100% cost generation from the wholesale of electricity to the consumer due to the adjustment clause,” continued Al. Haritsis, recalling that “Spain and Portugal have received approval from the Commission to impose a ceiling on the price of electricity. But the Mitsotakis government insists on hiding behind Europe.”

Referring to relations with Turkey, Al. Haritsis recommended “calmness, sobriety and determination in the face of the growing aggression of the Turkish president, which puts the wider region in danger of destabilization.” “Unfortunately we have not seen anything like this from the government,” he concluded.