{"id":12675,"date":"2026-06-24T22:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=12675"},"modified":"2026-06-24T22:12:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:12:00","slug":"thanasis-kontogeorgis-on-non-performing-loans-this-provision-provides-relief-to-more-than-100000-of-our-fellow-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/?p=12675","title":{"rendered":"Thanasis Kontogeorgis on non-performing loans: This provision provides relief to more than 100,000 of our fellow citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the government<\/b> decision regarding the \u201cnon-performing loans\u201d<\/strong>, the Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister Thanasis Kontogeorgis<\/strong> noted, pointing out that \u201cwe proceeded with what we consider to be fair and a reward for consistency.\u201d <\/p>\n

Specifically, speaking on Real FM, Mr. Kontogeorgis <\/b>initially responded to recent allegations from opposition parties, which had questioned whether the government would implement the court ruling: The reality is that \u201cthe Ministry of Finance was reviewing the ruling\u201d,<\/i><\/strong> the deputy minister explained, while also noting that \u201cwe proceeded with what we consider fair and as a reward for consistency (on the part of borrowers).\u201d <\/p>\n

Specifically, this particular provision \u201cgives some breathing room to quite a few of our fellow citizens\u2014about 100,000. \u201cWhatever is right, reasonable, and fair\u2014and whatever we can do\u2014we will do. We cannot do things that jeopardize many issues<\/b>,\u201d he also explained. Furthermore, refuting the assessment that the fact that the country is in an election year played a role in the government\u2019s decision, he insisted that the government remained within the parameters of the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling\u2014and \u201cthese are the options.\u201d <\/p>\n

Changing the subject to the question of whether the country is heading toward elections<\/b>, prompted in part by the prime minister\u2019s tours, T. Kontogeorgis<\/b> responded as follows: \u201cThe fact that the prime minister is engaging with the public and touring the country is not something that\u2019s just starting now. It has been happening throughout the entire four-year term,\u201d reiterating that \u201cthere are ten months left until the elections<\/b>\u201d.<\/span> <\/p>\n

However, the Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister placed great emphasis on the Greek Presidency of 2027<\/b>, which will not be <\/b><\/span>\u201ca typical Greek Presidency\u201d<\/b>. On the contrary, it will be <\/span>\u201ca Presidency that will determine how we will live in the coming years, because that is when the European budget will be agreed upon. At that time, we will need a prime minister with diplomatic capital\u201d, who will also have the ability to reconcile differences within the EU.<\/span> <\/p>\n

The next topic of the interview was the case involving the New Democracy MP and former commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos<\/b>:\u00a0\u201cHe has provided some explanations regarding the substance of the case,\u201d explanations that \u201care logical and coherent<\/b>.\u201d On the other hand, he continued, \u201cI understand that he feels he\u2019s being treated unfairly, and the emotional strain may lead to some verbal excesses<\/b>.\u201d <\/p>\n

However, he was categorical that as far as the Ministry of Citizen Protection<\/b> is concerned, \u201c<\/b>there was no delay, and the minister is not involved\u201d<\/b>.<\/i> On the contrary,\u00a0\u201cbecause it was a European arrest warrant, the procedures moved quickly,\u201d\u00a0and furthermore, everything was done <\/b>\u201cwithin 24 hours\u201d<\/b>.<\/i> As for what happens from here on out, the bottom line was that \u201cwhatever needs to be done will be done with complete transparency and in accordance with the Constitution and the Code of Criminal Procedure\u201d.<\/i> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\n Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister Thanasis Kontogeorgis referred to the government\u2019s decision regarding \u201cred loans,\u201d …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12676,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12675","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\/12675","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=12675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}