{"id":11253,"date":"2026-06-17T13:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11253"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:41:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:41:00","slug":"kyriakos-mitsotakis-on-posokanei-gov-gr-a-new-digital-weapon-against-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=11253","title":{"rendered":"Kyriakos Mitsotakis on posokanei.gov.gr: A new digital weapon against inflation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"51\" data-end=\"197\">Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented posokanei.gov.gr, which offers a comparison of prices, a history of price changes, and real-time European comparisons.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"893\">Prime Minister <strong data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"237\">Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/strong> placed at the center of government policy to combat high prices the new electronic platform <b>posokanei <\/b>at<b> <\/b>gov.gr, emphasizing that Greek <strong data-start=\"394\" data-end=\"409\">consumer<\/strong> gains yet another \u201cweapon\u201d in the battle against the rising <strong data-start=\"462\" data-end=\"478\">cost of living<\/strong>. As he pointed out, the ability to compare prices in real time between <strong data-start=\"553\" data-end=\"564\">Greece<\/strong> and other European countries enhances market transparency and makes it harder to maintain unjustifiably high prices, particularly by <strong data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"720\">multinational companies<\/strong>. At the same time, he reiterated that tackling high prices requires <strong data-start=\"784\" data-end=\"809\">realistic policies<\/strong> and concrete measures, not empty announcements and cost-free promises.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"12yfm87\" data-start=\"895\" data-end=\"960\">Mitsotakis: Unjustified prices cannot be tolerated<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"962\" data-end=\"1304\"><strong data-start=\"964\" data-end=\"987\">Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/strong> emphasized that, for the first time, citizens have the ability to directly compare prices between the Greek market and corresponding markets in the <strong data-start=\"1131\" data-end=\"1152\">European Union<\/strong>. As he noted, this new feature is particularly relevant to <strong data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1234\">multinational companies<\/strong>, as price discrepancies are now visible and measurable.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1306\" data-end=\"1579\">The prime minister made it clear that unjustifiably high prices in <strong data-start=\"1368\" data-end=\"1378\">Greece<\/strong>, compared to other European countries, cannot be easily accepted, sending a message that the government is continuing its efforts to strengthen competition and protect consumers.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"19iahmw\" data-start=\"1581\" data-end=\"1626\">The new platform presented by the government<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1628\" data-end=\"2026\">The <strong data-start=\"1639\" data-end=\"1652\">posokanei<\/strong> app is available via <strong data-start=\"1678\" data-end=\"1698\">posokanei.gov.gr<\/strong> as well as on <strong data-start=\"1720\" data-end=\"1731\">Android<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1736\" data-end=\"1743\">iOS<\/strong> devices. In its initial phase of operation, it includes approximately <strong data-start=\"1798\" data-end=\"1827\">10,000 product codes<\/strong>, with daily price updates from the <strong data-start=\"1876\" data-end=\"1888\">Galaxias<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1890\" data-end=\"1905\">Sklavenitis<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1907\" data-end=\"1922\">Chalkiadakis<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1924\" data-end=\"1933\">SYNKA<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1935\" data-end=\"1947\">Masoutis<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1949\" data-end=\"1962\">My Market<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1964\" data-end=\"1983\">AB Vasilopoulos<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1985\" data-end=\"1997\">Kritikos<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"1999\" data-end=\"2012\">Market In<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2017\" data-end=\"2025\">Lidl<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2028\" data-end=\"2213\">Users can <strong data-start=\"2065\" data-end=\"2088\">search for products<\/strong> either by name or by <strong data-start=\"2134\" data-end=\"2145\">barcode<\/strong>, instantly comparing available prices across supermarket chains.<\/p>\n<h3 data-section-id=\"q9ajrz\" data-start=\"2215\" data-end=\"2266\">Comparison with European markets and smart shopping<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2268\" data-end=\"2569\">One of the app\u2019s key features is displaying prices from <strong data-start=\"2344\" data-end=\"2357\">abroad<\/strong> when the same product is found in European retail chains. Currently, the service covers markets such as <strong data-start=\"2464\" data-end=\"2474\">Italy<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2478\" data-end=\"2488\">France<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2493\" data-end=\"2503\">Belgium<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2507\" data-end=\"2519\">Romania<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2523\" data-end=\"2536\">Bulgaria<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2540\" data-end=\"2550\">Cyprus<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"2557\" data-end=\"2568\">Spain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2571\" data-end=\"2894\">At the same time, consumers have access to <strong data-start=\"2615\" data-end=\"2633\">price history<\/strong>, allowing them to track the price trend of each product over time. The platform also allows users to create up to <strong data-start=\"2758\" data-end=\"2781\">five shopping lists<\/strong> with up to <strong data-start=\"2789\" data-end=\"2804\">50 products<\/strong> each, calculating the total cost based on the quantities selected by the user.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2896\" data-end=\"3271\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">In addition, the system suggests <strong data-start=\"2927\" data-end=\"2968\">more affordable alternatives<\/strong> in the same product category, helping citizens reduce the cost of <strong data-start=\"3052\" data-end=\"3071\">shopping cart<\/strong>. According to <strong data-start=\"3093\" data-end=\"3114\">Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/strong>, the battle against high prices continues and will be decided by the effectiveness of such practical tools that strengthen the consumer\u2019s position in the market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyriakos Mitsotakis unveiled posokanei.gov.gr, which offers price comparisons, historical trends, and real-time European comparisons.<br \/>\n&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11253","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\/11253","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=11253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}