Alexis Tsipras<\/b> acknowledged the significant progress made by the Greek economy under the administration of Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/b>, exposing the officials of ELAS<\/b> officials who claim the opposite.<\/p>\n
And yet. Alexis Tsipras<\/b> was forced to acknowledge that during the administration of Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/b> and New Democracy<\/b>, the Greek economy made significant progress. <\/p>\n
Of course, he didn\u2019t do this by accident, but to tell us that he doesn\u2019t need to impose many new taxes to deliver on his promises. In short, he told us that the economy is doing well, so\u2026 there is money.<\/p>\n
As he stated, among other things, on Alpha: \u201cSince 2019, the Greek economy has been outperforming expectations. There is no need to raise taxes on middle-income, low-income, or high-income earners.\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, he himself had said shortly before that he would tax the very wealthy and large corporations, which will obviously have to cough up more money so the former prime minister can hand out benefits. In any case, with what he said, he gave a free pass to the officials of ELAS<\/b> who, day and night on our TV channels, tell us how badly the economy is doing and that the country is heading for the abyss.<\/p>\n
After all, that was also the rhetoric of SYRIZA<\/b> while Alexis Tsipras<\/b> was president.\u00a0<\/p>\nThe detail he concealed <\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
In fact, under Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/b>, the Greek economy made great strides: it has consistently ranked among Europe\u2019s fastest-growing economies, unemployment has fallen significantly, taxes have been cut, average and minimum wages have risen, the country has exited financial supervision, no longer runs deficits, is reducing its debt, and so much more.<\/p>\n
So the former prime minister wanted to say that… there\u2019s money to spare for handouts. However, there is one small detail.<\/p>\n
Yes, there is a surplus due to the economy\u2019s strong performance, but the EU has set a spending cap of 3.6% for 2026. And it becomes stricter in the coming years.<\/p>\n
In short, Europe requires a specific surplus from member states, which must be used to reduce debt, and when there is an excess surplus, support for citizens is permitted, primarily through temporary measures.<\/p>\n
Alexis Tsipras<\/b> overlooked these points\u2014and clearly not by accident: He knows that the government is already distributing the primary surplus to citizens through various support measures, but there isn\u2019t sufficient fiscal space for the countless benefits he is promising.<\/p>\n
Details about a politician who said he would abolish the memorandum with a single article.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s remember here that Anna Diamantopoulou<\/b> a few days ago regarding the Greek economy, and Haris Doukas<\/b>, who is more focused on the Hellenic Police<\/b>, jumped at the chance to take her down.<\/p>\n
And one last thing: Now let the officials of ELAS<\/b> go ahead and talk about how… terrible the economy is, when their own president has contradicted them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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