The prime minister posted a detailed account of the government’s intervention over the past week on his personal Facebook account. Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

In fact, at the end of his lengthy post, the prime minister states that “whether you agree or disagree with this government, I promise you that every day we work to make every citizen’s life better.”

“Every week we do an internal inventory of our project – we look at what we have achieved, what has changed for the better, what we could do better, what we need to improve – in short, we look at what lessons have been learned. In this week’s debate, we saw once again how difficult it is to get the work of government as a whole across the world.

And it makes sense. People have work, problems and stress, often they don’t have the mood or time to go into details, especially if they don’t think they directly concern them.

But today I decided to share with you everything that has happened over the past week. This is a long text that is incompatible with the requirements of social networking and instant messaging. But I deeply believe it has value. Because I believe that this reflects the tremendous efforts that we make every day to improve the lives of citizens.

So let’s take a look at an overview of the 17 highlights of the government’s work in the past week:

The first constant problem that worries us in government is the problem of inequality in society. It is obvious that this is not easy and not simple. This is not treated with aphorisms and big words. It’s a constant struggle. So almost this week

– We have legislated Emergency Financial Assistance (until December 20, 2022) for Vulnerable Pensioners, Disability Benefit Recipients, Uninsured Seniors, Minimum Income Security Recipients, and Child Support Recipients.

– We recorded a decrease in insurance premiums by 3 percentage points. It sounds almost like bookkeeping, but in reality it is an increase in citizens’ incomes.

“We have increased the monthly installments of regulated insurance debt from 12 to 24 to help citizens pay off their debts.

– We have extended maternity leave for private traders to 9 (from 6) months.

– We introduced a government subsidy of 40% of premiums to convert part-time private sector contracts to full-time contracts. In practice, this means that we encourage companies to stop hiring part-time employees.

– We extended the right to “combat five years” to all military personnel, i.e. recognition of up to five additional years of insurance with the payment of appropriate premiums.

– We have reduced the percentage of disability (from 67% to 50%) for disability benefits to harmonize all categories.

– We have developed an early intervention program for children aged 0 to 6 who are diagnosed with disabilities or developmental difficulties.

– We have prohibited any discrimination against HIV-infected persons at the stage of recruitment or retention. In particular, when applying for a job, it is forbidden to find out the status of an HIV-positive person with the help of an appropriate question. Ideal. It is also a matter of human dignity.

In energy accuracy, which I know is of concern to everyone and is an absolute priority, we have also taken additional measures:

We have already introduced a mechanism for the return of excess profits from electricity producers. This week we also introduced a mechanism for electricity suppliers. This is a question that we first started in Europe, and we are in contact with other countries that want to include similar measures.

All revenues will go to the Energy Transition Fund to fund subsidies to pay electricity bills. In your account practically.

The energy transition must go on and on. Both for environmental protection and for reasons of energy security. And here we had positive moments this week: we set a pan-European record for the share of solar energy in gross solar energy consumption, reaching 8.8% in 2021. This year it is expected to reach 10%.

Also in 2022, a record-breaking installation of photovoltaic systems was installed in Greece. The capacity of the new interconnected projects is expected to reach 1,340 MW by the end of the year, already exceeding government projections in the first nine months. (And since I’m writing about renewable energy sources. Another bracket for the environment, which for us is not a bracket: forest maps are made on 94.5% of the Territory).

In the field of culture, we have an important milestone as we continue to fund €100 million from the Recovery Fund and the NSRF for 18 UNESCO cultural heritage sites located in Greece to protect them from the threats of the climate crisis.

On the issue of violence against women – and we will talk more soon – a provision has been made for the use – for the first time in Greece – of an innovative digital panic button application by women victims of domestic violence in order to immediately and safely notify the Greek police if they are in a situation of threat or danger to their life or their physical integrity.

In the primary sector, we have developed and are implementing a 7-point holistic plan worth 40 million euros to restore, fully exploit production and protect the traditional Amfissa olive grove, which is part of the Delphic landscape and a small part of it burned down in the summer of 2022.

On National Security and National Intelligence, as promised, we have introduced a new bill to correct, improve and protect the overall structure.

Finally, an important one, from which, I confess, touched me.

Yesterday, at the evaluation event at the end of this year’s firefighting season (preparations for the next one have already begun), the participants, the main characters, gave their fight. They were sensational.

But the conclusion was no less important. We had significantly less forest area burned (62%) and total acres burned (52%) compared to the 15-year average, while we had 3% more fires than the previous average 15 years.

Investments in prevention, deforestation and reopening of fire zones, and collaboration between firefighters, police, coast guard, military, forest services, EKAV, municipalities and volunteers are bearing fruit.

If you made it to the end of this long post, thank you and I hope you found it helpful. Whether you agree or disagree with this government, I promise you that every day we work to make every citizen’s life better.”