Pavlos Marinakis defended government policy, criticized Tsipras and Androulakis, and announced tax cuts at the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair. <\/p>\n
Alexis Tsipras<\/strong> and Nikos Androulakis<\/strong> faced fierce criticism of their proposals from government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis<\/strong>, commenting on the term \u201cworthless\u201d used by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to describe the opposition\u2019s positions. <\/p>\n Speaking on SKAI, the government spokesperson<\/strong> argued that the country has paid dearly for the logic of \u201cthere is money<\/strong>\u201d and unfunded benefits, emphasizing that Greece now needs cost-estimated solutions<\/strong> rather than announcements without clear funding. <\/p>\n As he noted, reality itself disproves those who propose measures without specific fiscal planning, reminding that there is now a legal obligation<\/strong> for parties to present costed programs before elections. <\/p>\n At the same time, he took a jab at proposals that appear as \u201cfireworks\u201d in the public debate, noting characteristically that \u201cfree<\/strong>\u201d ultimately translates into money from Greek taxpayers<\/strong>. He also referred to the period when SYRIZA<\/strong> was in power, arguing that Alexis Tsipras imposed more than 30 new taxes. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Contrasting the government\u2019s stance, Pavlos Marinakis<\/strong> emphasized that every measure announced is accompanied by a specific plan for how it will be financed. <\/p>\n As he pointed out, the government has already moved to abolish or reduce 83 direct and indirect taxes<\/strong>, a fact that, as he said, gives it the necessary credibility<\/strong> in the eyes of the public. <\/p>\n The government spokesperson also announced a new package of tax relief measures<\/strong> at the Thessaloniki International Fair<\/strong>, noting that there is already fiscal space<\/strong> amounting to one billion euros available, which may increase further by September. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n When asked about scenarios involving the creation of a new political party by former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras<\/strong>, Pavlos Marinakis declined to comment on his intentions, noting that it remains to be seen what his final decisions will be. <\/p>\n At the same time, he referred to the \u201csoul of the party<\/strong>,\u201d emphasizing that it is embodied by the anonymous voters and officials of New Democracy<\/strong> who have consistently supported the party over time without seeking personal gain or publicity. <\/p>\n As he said, these people remain steadfast in their convictions during both good and bad times and desire, above all else, to preserve the unity<\/strong> of the party. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Referring to the case of Anna Michelle Asimakopoulou<\/strong> and the prosecutor\u2019s recommendation of guilt regarding the leak of email addresses, the government spokesperson spoke of excessive and hypocritical witch hunt<\/strong>. <\/p>\n Pavlos Marinakis pointed out that the case actually concerns the sending of an email<\/strong>, stressing that the final ruling of the judiciary<\/strong> should be awaited before drawing definitive conclusions. <\/p>\n At the same time, he argued that in an era of mass messaging and promotional SMS<\/strong>, those involved are being treated disproportionately harshly, even though the legal proceedings are still ongoing. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \n Pavlos Marinakis defended the government’s policies, criticized Tsipras and Androulakis, and announced tax cuts at the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} Tax breaks at the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair, with a budgetary allocation of one billion euros <\/h3>\n
On Samaras\u2019s party and unity: the message to the New Democracy base <\/h3>\n
Asimakopoulou and e-mails: Excessive cannibalism <\/h3>\n