SYRIZA questions the government’s performance (and) in the Economy

By Niki Zorba

He may not have focused on the public debt spike, despite the general concerns expressed by Alexis Tsipras from time to time, but for months now he has steadily put SYRIZA on a trajectory to challenge the government’s course for the Greek economy. He credits nothing positive to the government, even attempting to return the positive news and predictions as a rebuke: You are presenting virtual reality.

He even accuses the government that during the years he has been ruling, he is gnawing on the money left by his government as a “cushion” without facing any measures to alleviate the citizens.

After all, the “war” has been announced, to be precise, which is not a single field of political controversy but opens a whole fan to issues of daily economic life.

SYRIZA demands that new benefits be given to the weaker, an increase in the minimum wage, a reduction in fuel tariffs, state intervention to restrain prices due to the energy crisis. The government opposes the risk of fiscal diversion. The official opposition counters: You spend the resources on direct assignments and squandering for the benefit of the “mortals”.

This carousel will be used by both sides in the near future, until the elections (early or not).

SYRIZA’s goal is also legible in this matter: To deconstruct the technocratic competence of the Government in the economic field and of the Prime Minister personally, mainly.

Hence yesterday Mr. Tsipras intervening in the debate of the conclusion of the committee of inquiry for the Petsa list, in Parliament, he said sharply, in an aversion to his speech: Mitsotakis effect? ​​Where interest rates are rising and spreads have doubled “.

Barrage of statements

The re-submission of the SYRIZA amendment for a reduction in the fuel efficiency tax is accompanied by a barrage of statements by the competent executives of the financial staff.

THE Head of Finance Efi AhtsioglouCommenting on the Commission’s winter forecasts, he said that “The Commission predicts a fivefold increase in inflation in 2022 compared to 2021 for our country, at a time when society is suffocatingly unprotected from the generalized and sweeping wave of accuracy.” In the meantime, Ms. Ahtsioglu, states that the Commission’s winter forecasts estimate the jump in inflation from 0.6% in 2021 to 3.1% in 2022, while the government of ND out of place and time predicted December in the Budget “moderately positive” inflation (0.8%) for the whole of 2022.

“Heartbreaking” characterizes from her if. Head of Finance Katerina Papanatsiou the data on overdue debts to the State, recalling the SYRIZA proposal for the partial write-off of debts of the Pandemic: “The data of AADE are heartbreaking for the financial situation and the debts of the citizens. for 2021 6.3 billion were added to the new overdue debt, while the total amount reaches 111 billion! “.

In the meantime, the Head of Development Alexis Haritsis, filed yesterday topical question to Adonis Georgiadis talking about “historically high” in the price of gasoline in the country, asking for immediate measures to address the phenomenon by reducing excise duty.