E. Ahtsioglou: The government insists on the logic of subsidies that ‘feed’ the notoriety mechanism

“The government is pursuing a completely irrelevant policy to deal with accuracy, which can not get the citizens out of the economic suffocation,” said SYRIZA-PS Finance Minister Efi Ahtsioglou in “Parapolitika 90.1”.

“ND insists on a logic of subsidies that” feed “the scandal mechanism, which has been operating in the energy market for over a year. It does not hit the root of the problem. “Wholesale and retail to have a serious reduction in accounts,” he added.

Regarding the mechanism described by the government since July, he stressed that “it is an extremely vague intervention that we do not yet know what effect it will have on the accounts, while Mr. Mitsotakis has allowed a year to pass, either denying the problem or saying that no intervention can be made “.

Ms. Ahtsioglou noted that “the 13 euros given for a petrol coupon did not save anyone” and stressed that “serious intervention is needed at the root of the problem and definitely a reduction of the Excise Tax on fuel and VAT on food, which the government does not he answers why he does not, while everyone knows that this would primarily favor low and middle incomes “.

Regarding labor, he stated that “there are” Manolada “conditions for workers in tourism” and complained that “ND in 2019 abolished provisions for the protection of workers – which SYRIZA had passed – for the reason for dismissals and for the protection of workers in contracts “. “It hit the collective agreements so that they do not expand easily and do not cover entire sectors. It kept the minimum wage frozen for 2.5 years. Today our country is in the worst position in Europe in terms of fuel cost and average wage, while the minimum wage in Greece is below the levels of 2010 “, he added.

Ms. Ahtsioglou pointed out that “it is necessary to increase the minimum wage to 800 euros, because the main question is whether the employee can afford to live with the current salary that is not enough to pay for electricity”.

He also stressed that “with the Mitsotakis government there is no prospect and possibility of breathing for the large social majority” and noted that “the first and decisive variable for the progressive government is the first of SYRIZA-PS in the elections”.

Source: AMPE

Source: Capital

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