By Tasos Dasopoulos Continuing to support citizens with measures amounting to 3 billion euros until mid-2023 and new, permanent interventions amounting to more than 1.5 billion euros for the next year is planned by the economic staff despite the impending peak of the energy crisis in the autumn and of increasing the cost of money. […]
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What it means to exit Enhanced Surveillance
By Tasos Dasopoulos Greater independence in economic policy is perhaps Greece’s biggest gain from the end of next week when the enhanced surveillance regime, which has long been discounted by markets, will now formally expire. This special regime, which was decided in July 2018 specifically for Greece, essentially extended the close quarterly surveillance of the […]
Government: New package of support measures but with an eye on the promises
By Niki Zorba It is not only the revenues from Tourism that are galloping like him beyond the most optimistic forecasts but also the good flow in the State Funds from the payment of tax – and other – obligations of the Citizens that allow the Government to open – literally – the allowance bag […]
Germany: New relief measures for businesses and citizens in the works
In the face of rising prices, pressure is mounting on the coalition of “traffic lights” (SPD, Greens, Liberals) to support businesses and citizens with further state aid. “There must be another relief package,” Brandenburg ministry chairman Dietmar Woidke (SPD) told Handelsblatt. Correspondingly high are the expectations for the meeting that chancellor Olaf Solz (SPD) will […]
GPA: There is no room for horizontal interventions against accuracy
By Tasos Dasopoulos The Parliamentary Budget Office proposes the continuation of the support of households with measures temporarily and targeted at the most financially vulnerable and the avoidance of horizontal measures, as during the pandemic period, in its report on the course of the economy in the first quarter of the year. The head of […]
P. Skourletis: The government leaves the speculation mechanisms untouched
The measures announced by the government insist on a bonus logic that does not touch the super profits of electricity generation companies and burden, through the state budget, the Greek taxpayer. We need intervention in the mechanism of shaping the wholesale price and it remains to be seen how and if there will be such, […]
New measures against the precision rally – The plan for electricity and gas bills
Of Dimitris Gatsiou Conversely, the time is counting for the unveiling of the new national plan for dealing with energy… Unions. The elaboration by the government of the shielding measures for households and businesses continues, with intensive pace and the goal is that any interventions, finally, are decided, to significantly reduce the electricity and gas […]
G. Economou: We will exhaust every tool and every available euro to support society
By Dimitris Gatsios “We will exhaust every tool and every available euro,” is the message the government sends on the front of supporting households and businesses. The strategy of Maximos Palace and financial staff, in the face of the great economic and geopolitical doubts created by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is moving in two […]
TV message by K. Mitsotakis in the afternoon about the new support measures
A message from Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be broadcast this afternoon on new measures to support households, businesses and farmers. The announcements of the support measures for dealing with the effects of the revaluations on the citizens will be made tomorrow, Thursday, March 17, at 8.30 at the General Secretariat of Information, by the […]
TV message by K. Mitsotakis at 19.00 for the new support measures
A message from Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be broadcast this afternoon at 19.00 regarding the new measures to support households, businesses and farmers. The announcements of the support measures for dealing with the effects of the revaluations on the citizens will be made tomorrow, Thursday, March 17, at 8.30 at the General Secretariat of […]