“We will know the amount of the new aid (through the supplementary budget) at the beginning of September.” This was stated by Finance Minister Christos Staikouras, pointing out that then there will be a much better picture of the course of revenues, while ELSTAT’s data on GDP in the second quarter of the year will also be made public. He said that the aid will be given where there is a need, adding, a little later, that the targeting will mainly concern the middle class and the lower income strata.
Speaking to the OPEN television station, the minister said that “we are planning for the next months. The state must find fiscal space to return it to the citizens. We are planning for the next year, we are planning for the next four years. In the months of July and August, additional fiscal space emerged.” .
For Fuel Pass-2, he said that by last night €131 million had been paid to 1.9 million beneficiaries. He said that 73% of the beneficiaries preferred the credit to a bank account instead of the digital card, estimating that this may have been done to have the money for any use. While, when asked about when the amounts for the June Power Pass will be paid, he replied that “there are few pending applications until the end of May and for June. At the end of August and the beginning of September, the remaining 50 million euros will be credited” .
Finally, regarding the country’s exit from the regime of enhanced supervision on August 20, he reiterated that “we will have greater flexibility in the mix of measures, but respecting and adhering to European rules.”
Source: Capital
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