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Energy crisis – Staikouras: new support measures, if needed

“In the final draft of the Budget, which will be submitted to Parliament in a few days, the estimate for development will be close to the percentage of EU estimates,” Christos Staikouras told ANT1, hinting that the 2022 Budget will provide for its development. Greek economy of 7% of GDP.

As the Minister said. Finance, the Commission forecasts show good prospects for the Greek economy and reduction of unemployment, while, as he stressed, “in relation to the European average, the figures are better for the Greek economy, in terms of inflation estimates and to be precise, not that there is no problem, but it is not as much elsewhere. ”

“Currently the inflation of 3.4% in Greece, ie the increase in products by 3.4% compared to the same period last year, is high. It is one of the lowest rates in Europe, but it is high and it is In Greece, the disposable income in the third quarter of 2021 is 7.1%, so there is more money left to the citizen, due to a series of measures taken due to the coronavirus, more than this increase in prices. “, but we are taking other support measures, amounting to over 600 million euros”, said the Minister. Finance.

Asked whether a dividend will be given to categories of citizens, Mr. Staikouras noted that a priority at the moment for the Government is to address the energy crisis and whether it will require another package of measures in the near future. Also, as he said, there is the health crisis, in the face of which the financial staff is and must be ready to assist the health system with whatever it needs, saying that “at the moment I do not have the opportunity to talk about budgetary margins, as there are “We are facing these two crises, which are a priority of the government,” he said.

Regarding the heating allowance, Mr. Staikouras said that the criteria for its granting have changed, adding that “last night the Government Gazette was signed, the JMC will come out on Monday and if there are no problems, the electronic platform for applications will open on “Monday night or Tuesday morning at the latest and the payment is scheduled to start on December 10.”

Regarding the case of the low-income woman, in which the credit of money from funeral expenses was confiscated, Christos Staikouras said “I asked AADE and the truth is that the funeral expenses are not a problem because they are made by EFKA. But here there was a problem, “Because the payment was made from an account of the Ministry of Citizen Protection and was made into an account that was frozen due to debts.

Regarding the reductions in ENFIA, Christos Staikouras said that “the rates of ENFIA should be modified, based on the new objective prices and we should see, based on the budgetary margins that we will have, that our fellow citizens will have a reduction of ENFIA greater than the 22% they have seen so far “.

Regarding the minimum wage, Mr. Stsikouras said that there are conditions for a new increase, the percentage of which will be determined by the Ministry of Labor, after being processed by experts, without going into details about the amount of the increase, but said that it does not is expected to cause a strong rise in inflation.

“Household deposits are constantly increasing for two years and without a reduction in consumption, a sign that we have given money to society and that a part of society is saving and that at the same time another part is consuming as before,” said Mr. Staikouras.

Finally, regarding the request to make irrevocable the total amount of the repayable advance, which he made “on air” of the show businessman of the restaurant, the Minister of Finance replied that “The restaurant is operating normally in recent months and in fact, from the data we have, with While the catering is running, there is a support program from the Ministry of Development, but also the “Bridge” program, helping businesses to get even better on their feet. expectations for something better than what was announced at the TIF by the Prime Minister “.

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Source From: Capital

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