We may calendarly be more than two months away from the moment the ICU opens its doors on the first weekend of September, but already the first paper exercises for the range of the package and this will be included in the financial and government staff.
For the design of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the package that will be described and the targets that this will include will be extremely critical parameters for the election result, given Mr Mitsotakis' expressed will to go to elections in the spring of 2027.
In addition to the institutional approach, the Prime Minister is reportedly considering that citizens do not support the government unless they see the measures of income support in the pocket, which is also documented by the polling data after last year's ITH, compared to the polls of the N.D. from December onwards.
The Thessaloniki package is expected to include additional tax reductions and not only. "There is already a space of EUR 1 billion. I wish to increase a little more, always on the basis of the spending ceilings," they noted partners of the prime minister, adding that "we who have reduced or abolished 83 direct and indirect taxes, have the credibility to look the world in the eye and tell him that, yes, because there should be more tax reliefs, we who have found the money for 83, can find the money for the rest." "There will be room for new measures, that is for granted, I can tell you that from now on. There will be budgetary space and there will be support for society in particular." Minister of Finance and President of Eurogroup Kyriakos Pierrakakis also said speaking yesterday to MAX FM of Patras, coming to the Achaean capital for the opening of the new offices of the "blue" county council in Patras. And today the blue excursion continues in Western Greece, with the political academy that takes place in Agrinio and tours of top executives in Aetoloakarnania, Achaia and Ilia.
The perimeter of the measures and the exact mixture are expected to crystallise traditionally at the end of August and depending on the financial reserves. Moreover, the course of tourist revenues must be taken into account, depending on the flow of arrivals. In any case, tax reductions are expected with a view to freelancers, in market And middle class. It also remains to lock up the political narrative that is crucial to the logic of the package.
Government officials contrast responsibility in government planning for Thessaloniki's announcements with, as they say, the announcements of Nikos Androulakis of Alexis Tsipras with a background for free transportation. "Androulakis and Tsipras are divided into Bulgarian promises and 'jampa' transport. We recall that the President of PASOK in ITH had announced measures of EUR 4-5 billion when the budget area is 1.76 billion and every additional expenditure must be covered by an increase in taxation, while he came back with fireworks for free transport to young people up to 24 years old. And Mr. Tsipras promises unspeakable multi-billion-euro proposals, returning rationally "I don't pay" to transport and raising wages, without saying where he will find the money," they stress government officials, even referring to controversial statements by ELAS officials about the so-called "patriotic contribution" and not only.