Nikos Romanos criticized the proposals by Tsipras and Androulakis for free public transportation, citing 2012-2015 figures without cost estimates.

Nikos Romanos on free transportation: Reminiscent of 2012-2015 and “I’m not paying”

The Director of Digital Communications for the Prime Minister, Nikos Romanos, speaking on the Action 24 program “The Next Day” on Action 24, criticized the announcements made by Alexis Tsipras and Nikos Androulakis regarding free public transportation.

As he noted, when such proposals are made without explaining where the necessary resources will come from and without being part of a coherent overall plan, they remind him of the period 2012–2015 and the “I won’t pay” mentality.

“If you adopt this mindset, without saying where you’ll find the money, without placing any such promise within a broader coherent framework, it reminds me of the period 2012–2015, when we were reliving such logic. “I won’t pay” in any form,” he noted characteristically.

At the same time, he argued that Greece currently has one of the most cheap tickets in the European Union, while reminding that a 50% discount for young people, students and other eligible groups.

Mr. Romanos also highlighted the significant increase in the fleet of public transportation vehicles in recent years, as well as the measures taken to curb fare evasion, noting significant progress in this area.