The government ‘locks’ and announces the new framework for supporting households, businesses and farmers

kybernhΤου Dimitris Gatsiou

Through a new round of internal meetings at the Maximos Palace and the financial staff, the new measures to support households, businesses and farmers in the next twenty-four hours (probably tomorrow or Thursday) are “locked in” and announced.

The conditions that have been formed and are now suffocatingly pressing the social groups ούν are ringing bells in the government, with Kyriakos Mitsotakis having sent the relevant shield signal since last Friday.

“We are fully aware that the situation is difficult and will worsen in the coming period, as the international and external crises of the last two years continue to affect the course of the economy and the daily lives of citizens.

In any case, we are moving forward with a plan, without short-sighted policies that undermine tomorrow or fiscal stability, for which the country has fought so hard “, is the central message sent by executives, with government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou talking about interventions which will continue the horizontal support, but will also focus primarily on those who are most in need.

“At the same time, an effort is made to stand by the side of as many of our fellow citizens as possible. Our fellow citizens who are vulnerable, but also our fellow citizens who produce and are faced with these excessive difficulties.

“Always with respect to fiscal stability and ensuring the development of our country,” he said, during a briefing for journalists.

The που walls that the government is expected to erect, aiming at the widest possible range of “shielding”, will move in four axes. In this context:

-Support measures against price increases in gas and electricity will continue, while special care is expected to be taken for energy-intensive businesses.

-Special measures will be in place for motor fuels. And this is expected to be done with… compass the standard for heating subsidy. That is, through the creation of a special platform for the refund of fuel tax to the most vulnerable social groups. “What I can tell you is that we will face the consequences of accuracy everywhere. Therefore, the part of fuel will not be left out except for the measures of confrontation”, noted Giannis Oikonomou.

-The interventions, which will come to the forefront during the week, will therefore move in the direction of subsidies for energy costs, to be followed by the so-called “accuracy check”, to a extent that will embrace as much as as much of the social groups as possible. “We have difficulties, we will continue to face difficulties. Our effort and will is to do what we can, to mitigate the consequences and the imprint of these price increases on the lives of all of us,” is the. Summary of government positions. A compass, however, as to what will be born on the front of the shield and the so-called “precision check” could be the model that the Maximos Palace carved before the Christmas period. When additional aid was given to 800,000 low-income pensioners 250 euros (increased by 50 euros for each protected member) additional assistance to 173,000 people with a disability of 250 euros and twice the amount that they would normally receive to the beneficiaries of the minimum guaranteed income.

Regarding the wave of accuracy, it is expected that there will be an extension of the reduced VAT rates on transport and catering for the second half of this year.