P. Skourletis: It now comes with the lack of a plan and the wrong choices of the government

There are solutions and proposals have been submitted for a long time to be precise, but the government rejects them, has no plan, makes mistakes, does not put a ceiling on the wholesale price of electricity, does not reduce indirect taxes, while lignite reserves are left only for 15 to 20 days, pointed out the Parliamentary Representative of SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance and Member of Parliament, Panos Skourletis.

In the same context (SKAI) Mr. Skourletis said, among other things:

“After yesterday’s 39% increase in the wholesale price of electricity, the government had to impose a ceiling on its configuration. “France has done it, Portugal has done it. There are measures.”

– “The government has made a tragic plan in relation to lignite production. The lignite stocks that are needed do not reach for more than 15-20 days. For more hours, mainly with imported lignite, because the Prime Minister had stated that lignite production would stop in 2024 and the lignite fields had been abandoned, a tragic mistake! so-called transition to a green economy, but also to foster specific business interests “.

– “Solutions and proposals have been submitted for a long time, before the war. The reduction of VAT, excise duties on fuel, the ceiling on the mechanism for shaping the wholesale price of electricity”.

– “On average, generating companies have earned over $ 1.4 billion in the last seven months. “Home distortion mechanism. That’s why we say we have to intervene in this mechanism.”

“The money given by the government is not from the state coffers. It is 2.3 billion which it has given from the RES account, subsidizing the accuracy! In order to maintain the so-called skyrocketing profits – the term is European – of “Electricity producers, we got from the money that consumers give for carbon dioxide emissions. That is, it is the perfect cover for speculation.”

“It is not at all unfair when we propose the reduction of the excise duty on oil, because it means that we reduce the cost of production of the farmer, the cost of transporting the goods, the cost that one has to fill his car to go to work and obviously “It is not the 45 Cayennes that will be lightened, but the thousands of cars.”

“Inflation, the loss of purchasing power, for those who are paid the minimum wage is about 14% of their consumption habits. For example, whiskey has not risen as much as rice and spaghetti. So, “People’s” inflation is a very big problem, there must be horizontal intervention, otherwise we will experience tragic moments. “Businesses, of course, are heading for despair if we do not support them.”