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SYRIZA to vote in favor of support measures despite harsh criticism of ‘crumbs’

By Niki Zorba

Measures – “crumbs” and “retribution” characterize SYRIZA the package of 1.1 billion euros announced by the Government for emergency support with a horizon of three months already on Wednesday, while yesterday the barrage of war declarations for the mixture and the value of the measures against the Government continued.

However, according to information, SYRIZA will vote for the package when it comes to a vote in Parliament, with the reasoning that its president has repeatedly invoked as a general principle: “What is good for the citizens, we will vote for it.”

SYRIZA may have ruled that this package of measures is insufficient, but (and for political reasons obviously) the official opposition does not intend to vote against it: “And of course we will not refuse to take it. But that does not negate that it is a joke and it is not enough.” Koumoundouros’ sources state in this regardυ.

For the attitude of SYRIZA, moreover, The parliamentary Representative of SYRIZA, Euclides Tsakalotos, preceded yesterday with his intervention in the Parliament: “” We have an energy crisis and new measures have been announced. I will not enter into the discussion whether they are crumbs or not. Whatever measures are taken to help the suffering world are good. “I do not think they are enough.”

Pounding barrage of measures

Beginning by Alexis Tsipras, however, who toured Thessalonikiall the “hammers” of SYRIZA are hitting in the direction of the deconstruction of the measures announced by the Prime Minister.

A. Tsipras

Right now we are seeing the filthy profits, the skyrocketing profits of the energy producers remain intact. And in essence, fake subsidies are given, while the mechanism of notoriety remains intact. So instead of reducing the Excise Tax on fuel, which would allow 25 euros to fill the tank to each consumer, he gives 0.20 cents per liter.

Instead of reducing VAT on basic consumer goods and fuel – because here we have the following paradoxical phenomenon, with the increase of prices with VAT to 24% the state has more revenue by looting the wallets of citizens. So instead of reducing the EFK, it gives an antidote of 0.2 minutes. Instead of reducing VAT, he gives bonuses that do not even compare to what we gave at a time when there was no accuracy and we were in the memoranda and yet he characterized them as crumbs.

So the increase of the minimum wage to 800 euros, the reduction of the VAT, the reduction of VAT and the ceiling on electricity generation, on natural gas. The price ceiling for both the wholesale and the consumer are measures that can provide a way out of the crisis.

N. Iliopoulos (Spokesperson)

“It is somewhat contradictory for Mr. Mitsotakis to talk about” measures measured in line with reality “and to give 13 euros a month for gasoline, at the same time that the blue-collar executives of HEDNO give themselves a 60,000 euro bonus”, he said characteristically “At a time when people can not make ends meet, the government has in PPC people who get 360,000 a year, has increased the general managers from 7 to 15, the directors from 27 to 105 and the assistant directors from 60 to 250 So what is the reality for Mr. Mitsotakis?

E. Ahtsioglou (Head of Finance)

“The measures announced are not just insufficient, but mainly do not touch on the core of the problem, the scandal in the energy market, which must be hit at its root with a ceiling on electricity and gas tariffs, with a ceiling on the profits of energy companies “,

“In order for protection measures to be substantial, there should also be a reduction in excise duties on fuel consumption, a reduction in VAT on basic necessities and a substantial increase in the minimum wage, which Mr Mitsotakis is keeping stuck. It is not just an issue. inadequacy but also an overall strategy “.

Ef. Tsakalotos (Parliamentary Representative)

There are solutions. No there is generally money. He wants another policy mix. The Prime Minister said that no more is given for support from the energy crisis because there are budgetary constraints “, said Mr. Tsakalotos in another part of his intervention and added that the fiscal space was limited due to the reduction of ENFIA, changes in inheritance tax and solidarity contribution.

A. Haritsis (Head of Development)

“Insufficient and inconsistent with the needs that have multiplied due to government inaction in recent months,” said the package of government measures, the head of Development and Investment of SYRIZA-PS and Messinian MP, Alexis Haritsis, in the Plenary Session of the Parliament. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the management of the new NSRF. “Unless there is a reduction in the Excise Tax on fuel and gas, as most EU countries do today, households and businesses will not see significant relief.”

Regarding the budget costs, Mr. Haritsis pointed out that the Mitsotakis government has made choices that society pays dearly for. “Because equal to the reduction of the Excise Tax to the lowest European levels for a whole year, is the annual budget burden due to the privatization of the supplementary insurance that you voted for.

P. Skourletis (Parliamentary Representative)

Strong, horizontal interventions are needed, at the core of precision. This is what the government is not doing. At the same time, with the increased inflation, the state has increased revenues based on VAT, since VAT is calculated at the now increased prices. So it has budgetary margins. (…) And it seems that the European Union, under the pressure of the difficult economic reality, will reactivate for the next year, the so-called escape clause, that is, there will be no restrictions on fiscal targets. That is, what happened in previous years on the occasion of the pandemic.

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-The government … throws the glove on A. Tsipras for the measures and participates in the front of the South

Source: Capital

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