G. Oikonomou: ‘We will pay for gasoline cheaper than the price of the pump’ – Three pillars of measures for price increases

“The effects of the war are very severe and disturb the lives of millions of people both in Greece and abroad,” said government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou.

Speaking to ANT1, he revealed that “three things will include the announcements that will be made within this week, Wednesday-Thursday. First of all, we will have the continuation of the aid in terms of electricity and gas”, “the The second pillar will be financial support, especially to the weakest, most vulnerable “and” the third pillar is fuel intervention “.

Mr. Economou in detail regarding aid for electricity and gas He pointed out that “the measure will be horizontal. Efforts are being made to be as effective and enhanced as possible, depending on the possibilities we have”.

Regarding financial assistance to the most vulnerable He stressed that “This will be money that will somehow come directly to people to relieve them. The processing is underway, to exhaust all possibilities, to see how far the perimeter will go. It will be money that, obviously “They will be tax-free, and they will not be offset by any debt. People will take them to relieve the price increases they are facing.”

He added that “o third pillar is the intervention in fuel. And there, as in all European countries, so in Greece, we all face an extremely difficult situation. As far as fuel is concerned, there will be an intervention that will result in the one who goes and puts in fuel, paying at a price cheaper than the one indicated on the pump. And there will be criteria wider than the criteria of the previous category of payment of aid “.

In his explanations, answering individual questions, he underlined that “the planning is completed. Many people, not a few, within a fairly extended perimeter of income criteria, will pay for fuel cheaper than they pay today. “As for fuel, we are going to a larger perimeter for individuals and professionals, so that people have a boost, to be relieved of these high prices.”

He reassured that “the way to aid will be neither complicated nor difficult, it will be easy to use. A large enough circle of citizens will pay – because of this aid initiative that the government will announce tomorrow, the day after tomorrow – satisfactorily cheaper fuel than are shown in the pump price today.

We will use every opportunity to get as many people as possible involved. We may try to make an intervention in terms of business, in order to strengthen the world that produces, because this world is being tested and the cost is passed on to consumption. We have a very complex and complicated problem. People find it difficult. We are going through confluences “.

“The question is how can we reasonably, prudently, support the citizens as effectively as possible, without shaking the country in the air?”

At this point, Mr. Economou stressed that “the reality is that the difficulties are not behind us. They may be ahead of us. We are experiencing unprecedented geopolitical developments, which are disrupting the lives of millions of people across Europe. We are going through and will go through The problems are great for everyone. The possibilities that exist, however, are not unlimited. There is no doubt that what we are going through changes the life of more or less the vast majority of Greek society. to support the people as effectively as possible, without shaking the country in the air, because the point is to stand by society now that the situation is very difficult, but at the same time to ensure the prospects and conditions that will allow us to make Greek society prosperous again, when we return to normalcy with good fortune. “This is also the responsibility of the government,” he said.

“Apart from what is being done here, a pan-European initiative is also needed”

In fact, the government spokesman acknowledged that people understand that the situation is difficult and “what he is saying is: ‘Do more, do your best to stand by us now that we are somehow losing some of the land below. “Now that we’re faced with things we could not have imagined would happen on our continent, in our neighborhood, in the backyard of Europe in the 21st century. Try harder.” We have made a series of permanent tax cuts. and honestly to say to the world: “Indeed the situation is unusual and has escaped. This, in fact, leads us to do things that are more effective.”

Mr. Economou stressed that from the first moment the government has supported and continues to support the citizens. He pointed out: “Nowhere, no government, no country can nullify price increases. As everywhere, people are being tested, protesting and asking for more. This is the reality. We are giving more, month by month. We only started with the bonus for PPC, we are now reaching the aid of the vulnerable, we will have the intervention in fuel, the increase of the minimum wage is coming. Obviously, this crisis is not due to failures or actions that could be done inside and The situation is changing geopolitically everywhere and we are experiencing the severe effects of the war, and to deal effectively with it, in addition to what is happening here, requires a included in the Summit Conclusions “.