The government is stepping on the reform… gas pedal until the end of the current year, with a pace of four reforms per month (or one per week!). It’s not just that it wants to be consistent with what was decided at the Cabinet meeting last July, where the decision was made for 25 reforms by the end of the year. It’s also that – as will be seen from the list below – these reforms affect various sectors of our daily lives, as reported by ANA-MPA.
Specifically – according to government sources and the Athens News Agency report – “the government, despite being in its seventh year, continues to produce work and promote reforms that address economic, administrative and social problems.”
Moreover, “Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis always attaches great importance to the so-called positive agenda and reforms. He is a prime minister who is focused on delivering results and implementing what he has promised. This, after all, is his great comparative advantage over all other political leaders,” the same sources emphasized, according to the same report.
Hatzidakis and Skertsos coordinate reform implementation
The coordination burden for implementing these 25 reforms is carried by Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis and Minister of State Akis Skertsos. “It is known that both are devoted to reforms and strongly believe in the need for the government to insist on the positive agenda regardless of the political situation,” the aforementioned government sources also stated.
Regarding the substance of the reforms, it is characteristic that in the last Cabinet meeting, the first three topics concerned 3 of the 25 reforms that have been announced.
The first concerned the implementation of measures announced by the Prime Minister at the Thessaloniki International Fair.
The second was the Ministry of National Defense bill for the new institutional framework for military operations and Armed Forces personnel, a “very important reform.”
The third reform was the bill to facilitate conditions for legal migration to Greece, legislation that follows a previous legislative initiative to tighten rules regarding illegal migration.
Government reforms already “in motion”
Additionally, since July, the most significant of the 25 reforms that have been promoted include:
– The strategy for promoting Greek exports, in a KYSEA meeting on September 3.
– The launch of non-state universities is imminent
– The implementation of the new disciplinary code for public employees with faster disciplinary procedures and stricter sanctions was voted.
– The new framework of regulations and sanctions to address violence in public universities has been implemented.
– Several mobile health units with diagnostic examinations have started operating in all small communities across the country.
– The bill for simplifying the business environment was presented. In this context, over 50 Joint Ministerial Decisions are being re-examined for licensing simplifications based on business community proposals.
Other reforms in progress
At the same time, other reforms are underway, such as:
– The organizational reform of the railway sector.
– The digitization of justice.
– The modernization of the CAP framework (reform of the subsidy regime).
– The technological upgrade of the Hellenic Police.
While for the remaining reforms, relevant bills are being prepared and drafted to be promoted in Parliament by the end of the year. It is worth noting, finally, that in the immediate coming days, the reform for urban planning will also be presented.
The 25 reforms
See HERE the reform timeline
