Katrinis: “A large faction will stand with the citizens, not with the drug cartels”

“Greek citizens, Greek consumers, are defenseless against accuracy and profiteering. The government itself has created the monopolies and oligopolies in the economy, but it is unable and especially unwilling to protect them. Mr. Mitsotakis He has made his choice: he is with the cartels, with their huge economic interests. But we are elsewhere, we are with many people, with citizens who deprive them of their right to a few days of rest and vacation, “he stressed.

Elias’s deputy and presidential candidate Pasok this Mr. Katrinis The opinions and suggestions of the EKPOIZO representatives were carefully listened to, focusing on the complete lack of public control over food and basic necessities, energy poverty, excessive fees for banking services, and the declining living standards and quality of life of the average Greek family.

Mr Rautopoulos, president of the Consumer Workers Union, described the Prime Minister’s announcement of price cuts on 3,000 basic necessities as a “midsummer night’s dream”, while he called on the government to implement the European Council’s decision from April 2022 on the possibility of flexibility in VAT rates in order to safeguard the interests of the final consumer and protect the market from unfair profiteering.

Michalis Katrinis, for his part, stressed: “Until recently, the government attributed the increase in electricity and food to the import of sophisticated equipment, and some people might have believed it. Today no one believes her,” he asserted.

“The Bank of Greece reports that Greeks pay 10% and in some cases up to 100% more for standard products than in other countries in the Eurozone. In the Eurozone, products move freely, there are no trade restrictions, there are no exchange rate issues, we all use 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 as high as in the Eurozone? The explanation is simple: in the cartel economy created by Mr. Mitsotakis, there are speculators, monopolies and oligopolies, profiteering, greed, but no controls, and real and free competition leads to lower prices. On top of that, there is no government that intervenes decisively, sets the rules and supports citizens”, Mr. Katrinis concluded.