Total return of the government to the agenda of economy and social policy

Of Dimitris Gatsiou

A total return to the economic and social policy agenda for the government. After the στη falsifications in the management of the bad weather “Elpida” and the three-day debate in Parliament on the motion of censure of SYRIZA, Megaro Maximou turns its strategy to a front, which is directly related to the support of the middle class and vulnerable groups .

An element that the Prime Minister had clearly foreseen both in his interviews, when he noted that the tax reduction policy still has many episodes ahead of it, and in the Plenary, when he showed the way to the continuous shielding of households and businesses, which have been put in … Vise, due to the energy crisis and price increases in the market.

And the announcements of Kyriakos Mitsotakis for the new only reduction of ENFIA by 13% are not only the implementation of another pre-election commitment of New Democracy, as commented by executives, but also a signpost of the government’s intention to change the page in the political momentum, as, after all, clearly showed the recent message of the Prime Minister from Thessaloniki.

“In the toxicity of the day, in the divisive discourse of our adversaries, we are contrasting moderation, our programmatic discourse and especially our projects. turn Greece back to 2012, the Greece of 2022 has turned its back on them because we have learned from our sufferings as a country, we want to look ahead, we want to progress, we want to open a new development page for the country, we want to give more greater emphasis on social cohesion and the support of the weakest “, said, twenty-four hours ago, Mr. Mitsotakis, revealing the τί stigma of the government’s intentions.

As factors point out, after the average reduction of ENFIA by 22% in the summer of 2019, the new reduction of 13% exceeds the pre-election commitment to reduce by 30% and strengthens the income of the citizens, at a time when the global energy crisis is causing exogenous inflationary pressures across Europe.

“The new reduction of ENFIA demonstrates the consistent consistency and solvency of the government and is in complete contradiction with the over-taxation regime imposed by the SYRIZA government.

Now the economy is growing, the tax burdens are reduced and the citizens have a dividend from the upward course of the country. “It is also the most resounding response to those who, in an attempt to hide their political ignorance, try to degrade the quality of political life and restore the atmosphere of 2012 to a country that has finally turned the page.”

For his part, the Prime Minister, after the step of the Parliament, hastened, once again, to show that in the government quiver there are other plans to support those who move in the… Complexes of the energy crisis and accuracy.

“I feel the siege of the average income from the international energy crisis and the price increases it is causing like everywhere in Europe. That is why the State continues to cover part of the increases in electricity bills.

He also insists on a steady de-escalation of taxes and levies to boost the disposable income of all households. On May 1, it will implement a second significant increase in the minimum wage… The new initiative is based on the consistent economic policy we follow and allows for additional additional relief measures.

It works in combination with other permanent regulations, such as lower tax rates, the suspension of the Solidarity Contribution in the private sector and the zeroing of the tax on parental benefits. But also cumulatively, with extraordinary interventions such as the double Guaranteed Income of December and the increased benefits to the low-income retirees. “It is, however, a realistic move, which does not exceed the budgetary limits,” he pointed out.

In this context, government officials are targeting the “empty”, as they are characterized, reactions of SYRIZA, but also of the Movement for Change. “Apart from ENFIA, Mr. Tsipras conveniently forgets that he himself had increased 29 taxes and that our government started reducing them from the first moment of its establishment.

He forgets that the current government spent more than 43 billion euros during the pandemic to support businesses, workers and the unemployed, keeping the productive fabric afloat. “business from rising energy prices and repeating general aphorisms,” they said.