“Greek citizens, Greek consumers are defenseless against accuracy, against profiteering. The government, which itself created the monopoly and oligopoly situations in the economy, is unable and, above all, unwilling to protect them. Mr. Mitsotakis has made his choice: he is with the cartels, with the big financial interests. But we are elsewhere, we are with the many, with the citizens who deprive them of even this right to a few days of rest and holidays,” he stressed.
The Member of Parliament of Ilia and candidate for the president of PASOK, Mr. Katrinis, listened carefully to the comments and proposals of the representatives of EKPOIZO, which focused on the complete lack of public control over foodstuffs and basic necessities, energy poverty, and the exorbitant bank charges. services but also in the decline of the standard of living and the quality of life of the average Greek family.
The President of the Union of Consumer Workers, Mr. Rautopoulos, described as a “midsummer night’s dream” the Prime Minister’s announcements for a price reduction on 3,000 labels of basic necessities, while he called on the government to implement the Community directive that has been issued since April 2022 by the European Council and concerns the possibility of flexibility in VAT rates, for the benefit of the final consumer and with the aim of protecting the market from unfair profiteering practices.
Michalis Katrinis, for his part, emphasized: “Until a while ago, the government blamed the increases in electricity and food on imported precision, and some might have believed it. Today no one believes her,” he asserted.
“The Bank of Greece report states that Greeks pay standard products up to 10% higher, and in some cases up to 100%, compared to the rest of the Eurozone. In the Eurozone there is free movement of products and there are no trade restrictions and no issues of exchange rates, we all have the same currency. So how does the government explain the price differences? How do you explain the fact that food inflation in Greece is twice that of the eurozone? The explanation is simple: in the cartelized economy created by Mr. Mitsotakis there are speculators, monopolies and oligopolies, profiteering, greed but there are no controls, real and free competition that leads to a reduction in prices. And above all, there is no government that will intervene decisively, set rules and support the citizens” concluded Mr. Katrinis.
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