Eurostat records an upward trend for Greece, in contrast to the eurozone where a decrease is observed
So where are the celebrations now for the government measures that would supposedly reduce the footprint of profiteering from March? Where is the responsible minister? Kostas Skrekas to advertise a supermarket through ERT and trumpet the drastic interventions of the Mitsotakis government now that Eurostat has announced that inflation in Greece is on the rise again? Where is Kyriakos Mitsotakis hiding, who on March 5 performed a show inside a supermarket in the center of Athens to verify, as he stated at the time, “in practice the efficiency of the recent measures that the government has put in place”? Let’s leave the smokestacks of the government, which if nothing else rubs its hands as it tramples consumers out of greed after collecting excess VAT, and let’s get to the bottom line that concerns us all.
Indeed, Eurostat announced pinched inflation in Greece for March (3.4%) compared to January (3.2%) and February (3.1%), making dust of the Skrekas anti-accuracy measures, which for systemic media were spearheading the inflation of greed. In relation to the inflation of the Eurozone, the corresponding index in it recorded a decrease as it was measured at 2.4% in March from 2.6% in February.
With this effectiveness of the measures, which would make any serious person in the country cry, the serious Mitsotakis government managed, during the first period of their implementation, to rank Greece in the fifth place of the countries with the worst performance, behind Croatia, Austria, Estonia , Belgium.
A sad first
But this is old news, since their announcement was made last Wednesday… What matters is the analysis hidden behind Eurostat’s announcements about inflation in Europe. So here we have a sad first, according to Eurostat’s conclusions.
To be specific, in the tables published by the European Statistical Service there is also the monthly increase… It is the indicator that concerns the coming months and Greece – with the best quality of life according to the rumors of Mr. Mitsotakis – conquers the sad first place of a monthly an increase of 1.8%, which clearly indicates a continued upward trend for the next period of time! To put the distance, the average across the 15 countries that make up the Eurozone is 0.72%!
New contraction
All this shows what will happen in the next period… A first analysis of the relevant conclusions of Eurostat shows that the inflationary pressures come from industrial products and services. However, here comes a major problem. The demand in Greece in the first three months of each year is the lowest… The reason is that Greece is not considered a winter tourist destination.
On the other hand, the tourist season actually starts from April and this means an increase in demand! Given that the volume of imports has fallen, this means firing precision as supply will fall short of demand. In any case, during the tourist season the prices are raised and not only for tourists. On the other hand, another increase in fuel prices is expected in the next period.
As can be easily deduced, households will have to tighten their belts and reduce purchases of even food to survive. And this is what the figures from 2022 show… Consumers feed the bag of obscene profits and the Mitsotakis government “sells” tax avoidance through VAT per
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