“The measures that Kyriakos Mitsotakis will announce at the Thessaloniki International Fair will concern the most vulnerable Greeks and the middle class. We have been implementing effective economic policy in recent years and the growth dividend is returning to citizens. This is substantial social policy. We did it in previous years, we will do it this year too, placing greater emphasis on direct tax reductions,” emphasized Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis in his Sunday evening interview, while Pavlos Marinakis spoke (to Kathimerini) about “policies that reduce taxes, provide relief to the economy and continuously produce new, better jobs, which bring revenue to the state.”
Addressing the demographic crisis will have a significant position in the prime minister’s announcements, with Mr. Marinakis characteristically noting that “supporting the family is a major priority. The demographic crisis is hurting Greece, as well as other countries. Following the measures we have already taken, we need even more substantial support for the average Greek family.”
Political tensions rise ahead of Mitsotakis announcements at Thessaloniki Fair
The opposition will seek even more intensively in the coming days to preemptively cancel the prime minister’s announcements in Thessaloniki, based on two arguments: That the surplus the government will distribute is based on the tax bleeding of citizens and that the benefit of any measures announced will be canceled in practice by high inflation. Tensions are expected to rise even more from all sides, as apart from the opposition, the government also believes that polarization to some degree favors New Democracy’s consolidation.
The Maximos Mansion is moving with patience, has significantly limited leaks in recent days regarding economic announcements (it is certain that there will be other important ones, such as the abolition of urban planning offices) and steadily focuses attention on daily life and the government’s social face. Last week’s political choreography was characteristic and carefully designed: Kyriakos Mitsotakis did not deal publicly at all with the economy, but with education and health. He visited the 3rd Gymnasium of Zografou, one of the 431 public schools in the country being renovated under the “Marietta Giannakou” program, went to Hippokration Hospital, where extensive infrastructure upgrade works are underway with the renovation of the Emergency Department as the spearhead, while on Friday the cabinet meeting started with changes and reforms in schools and universities.
In fact, next Friday, shortly before the opening of the Thessaloniki Fair, the prime minister will present an initiative together with a leading AI company, which now integrates artificial intelligence tools to support students preparing for national university entrance exams.
The presentation of the MyStreet application is also part of improving daily life – a modern digital tool that enables citizens to contribute to safeguarding legality and transparency in public spaces, reporting for example illegal occupation of a square or sidewalk by restaurant tables.
