The background of the decisions on the minimum wage and Mitsotaki’s next moves for young people – accuracy

Of Dimitris Gatsiou

With a forward-looking move, the details of which were “locked in” on a one-week appointment, the prime minister has added another layer to the government’s strategy of boosting the government’s social profile, amid a period of turmoil in the budgets of millions of households.

The announcements for the second, in the current year, increase of the minimum wage, which from May 1 will reach from 663 to 713 euros, aim at the climate change, in view of the festive Easter season, being, at the same time, the implementation Another government commitment, with Mr. Mitsotakis’s messages moving in three directions:

-First to the employees, through the highlighting of the continuous support, which is based on the central narrative of “growth for all”, as the Prime Minister usually points out.

“Now is the time for workers. And first for low-wage earners. Because I never envisioned an economy with a comparative advantage of low earnings. Instead, I committed to many well-paid jobs. And, indeed, unemployment is already declining rapidly.

Within 33 months, 5 whole units have receded, despite the successive crises that have taken place. At the same time, many measures have been taken in favor of work. Like the new programs of OAED. The Digital Card. Protection for couriers. Parental leave. And the framework for distance work “, he noted, in his televised message to the citizens.

-Second to companies, in order for them to rise to the occasion and support the employees, taking care of their dignity. “Now it’s the turn to boost the lowest income and we do that. With a move that the situation demands. That the employees deserve.

And where companies can withstand it. Because this significant change in the basic salary also increases the unemployment benefit by 31 euros each month. It is, at the same time, a call to employers to act accordingly to the other categories of employees. Besides, in June the State proceeds with a new reduction of the contributions by half a unit.

It is their turn, then, to stand by their employees… Any increase should not burden either the competitiveness or the costs, especially of small businesses, which turn it into a disincentive for new hires. The truth is, however, that the companies have been heavily supported by the government. With less taxes and levies.

With liquidity through the Refundable Advance. “But also with the recent subsidies to cover energy costs,” said the prime minister.

Thirdly to Brussels, but also to the international markets that the country and the government will continue to follow the logic of the balance between supporting and maintaining health security. “This is an option that includes many parameters.

Just as a family manages today without endangering the tomorrow of its members, so the government is called upon to balance. “Between the temporary needs of the present and the national obligations of the future”, was the characteristic disgust of Mr. Mitsotakis.

The move of the second increase of the minimum wage is, as government officials point out, the beginning of the next cycle of announcements for the shielding of households and businesses, in the face of the grip of accuracy and price increases.

Athens is waiting for the signals that Brussels will send to the front that we used to call “common answers to a common European problem”, while creating its own parameters in the national plan for dealing with the crisis, which may even be announced at the Cabinet on 29 April.

At the same time, information brings the Prime Minister to analyze, from the podium of the 14th Congress of New Democracy, the policy of supporting young people through moves related to the housing market.

The background of the decision for the bottom

Despite the fact that the information wanted the announcements for the new increase of the minimum wage to be made in the next and immediately after the Easter cabinet, the developments… ran with the completion of the consultation.

Mr. Mitsotakis, early yesterday morning, invited the Minister of Labor, Kostis Hatzidakis, to the Maximos Palace. The fourth meeting of the Prime Minister-Minister of Labor lasted almost an hour, with the departure of Mr. Hatzidakis from Maximos signaling the countdown of government announcements.