noting that war in Ukraine raises “serious problems” that will concern “both adequacy and prices in energyand which “will test our resilience and the resilience of European societies” without leaving “a single country untouched”, Greek government yesterday through his representative G. Economyon the one hand, he confirmed Athens’ concern about the events that had begun, and on the other hand, he presented her plans and intentions in order to protect Greek society from the consequences a crisis.

“We are in for a tough winter. Uncharted waters lie ahead of us, both in terms of prices and adequacy, and therefore we must prepare,” said Mr. Economou, first of all recalling the actions of the Prime Minister at the European level: “OUR Mr Mitsotakis still insists on the need for quick European solutions. In particular, when establishing a ceiling on the wholesale price of gas and decoupling its price from the price electricity“, – he said and added: “At the same time, in a letter to the President of the European Commission, he proposed a pan-European mechanism through which industrial consumers would be compensated for the reduction in the use of natural gas and electricity. for the upcoming winter.

At the same time, he confirmed that the Greek government is “building a national policy to protect society and business from threats.” In this context, he mentioned, inter alia, such measures as “the creation of a new innovative mechanism by which the excess revenues of electricity generation companies are tied up in the interests of citizens”, as well as Fuel Pass 2, the subsidy for gasoline for the July-September quarter has been increased. “We are well aware that these measures can by no means absorb them all. revaluation caused by the global energy crisis,” continued Mr. Economou, adding: “We are committed to exhausting every available euro, every new opportunity to support society, and constantly find new sources of funding for the citizen support program.” Asked if the government is considering mandatory power cuts in households as a measure, he replied: “At the moment, this is not possible. We are working through all the alternatives we have, even in the most extreme and most difficult scenarios, to avoid getting there.”

“We strive to constantly find new sources of funding for the citizen support program,” said Mr. Economou.

Turkish drilling rig

At the same time, on the issue of the Turkish drilling rig entering the Eastern Mediterraneana government spokesman said: “The government will do everything necessary to have stability, so that there is no tension, so that there is peace and, of course, intransigence in matters of our national sovereignty and our sovereign rights.”

In another question concerning the wiretapping case, Mr. Economou, inter alia, repeated that “it has no Greek dimension. This is something that has a European, not to say global, dimension,” he said, “and this is a threat that we face, and we have to look at how we are going to fight it effectively and efficiently.” In this context, he appeared by name in cases of wiretapping of telephone conversations of deputies of the European Parliament and other countries.