“Unfair, anti-social, anti-development and mainly with ominous prospects for implementation”, characterized the general rapporteur of KINAL, Costas Skandalidis, the state budget of 2022, “despite the benefits of the government”. After Mr. Skandalidis clarified that his party is voting against this year’s Budget with the exception of defense spending, he stressed that the government is trying […]
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Eph. Ahtsioglou: Budget of drastic income reduction that leads to social exclusion
The general rapporteur of SYRIZA, Efi Ahtsioglou, harshly criticized the government, accusing it of trying to cultivate illusions while rejecting the state budget of 2022, characterizing it as the monument of social analgesia and neoliberal obsessions. “It is a budget for reducing incomes and social exclusion. The government is persistently pursuing the same policy that […]
N. Karathanassopoulos: The many pay and the few reap
“The many pay to reap the benefits of the few”, said the general rapporteur of the KKE Nikos Karathanassopoulos, during the discussion of the 2022 Budget in the Parliament. The MP described the budget as a means of class redistribution, paid by the many for the benefit of the few and used for a second […]
The budget figures under review
By Tasos Dasopoulos Under review, before the final vote is the final draft budget in Parliament, which began to be discussed today in the plenary of Parliament and is expected to be voted on Saturday. The data for the third quarter of the year, published last week, recorded a growth of 13.4% for the quarter. […]
Parliament: The debate and voting of the 2022 Budget begins in the afternoon in the Plenary
In the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the five-day debate on the State Budget for the fiscal year 2022 begins today at 6:00 pm. a vote of confidence in the government. The discussion will begin with the positions of the general rapporteurs and special speakers of the parties and will end with the speeches […]
SYRIZA: Tensions to ease – Tsipras reports in Xanthos – The background of KO
By Niki Zorba For budget Parliament met yesterday SYRIZA team, through a video conference and not live. Therefore, the environment in the absence of “proximity” of the deputies was somewhat sterile but probably not due to the fact that efforts were made to relax the borderline climate in the intra-party field. Tensions and eating that […]
The Ministry of Education and Science enters into a mode of ‘fiscal contraction’
By Tasos Dasopoulos Additional spending only for the “essentials” is the rule that seems to be adopted by the Ministry of Finance, wanting 2022 to be a year of fiscal stabilization, so that in 2023 the economy will have a “smooth landing” in the restoration of fiscal rules. Following the data published by ELSTAT for […]
A. Tsipras: Virtual reality budget
Frontal and full-fledged is the attack that SYRIZA is preparing on the Government during the discussion on the budget (it will be voted next Saturday). This emerges from points in the presentation Alexis Tsipras to his Parliamentary Group which met earlier, behind closed doors and via zoom. “The government is presenting a budget that considers […]
European label for cannula closure of support measures
By Tasos Dasopoulos The total escape clause may continue to apply in 2022, but the scope for new support measures is limited to what is absolutely necessary, with the burden falling on debt and deficit reduction next year. At the meeting of the Eurogroup finance ministers, the issue was discussed in the context of the […]
USA: The first hurdle was overcome to avoid the shutdown – The ball in the Senate
The House of Representatives has approved a provisional budget guaranteeing federal funding until mid-February to avoid the risk of shutdowns, which would put millions of civil servants out of work by weekend. However, the bill remains to be approved by the Senate, where some Republicans, including Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and Roger Marshall, are threatening […]
