“Our goal, as the Prime Minister has repeatedly stated, is comparison, not conflict. Conducting a civilized pre-election dialogue, without toxicity“said the Minister of State and a new government spokesman during a briefing by political editors, Akis Shertsos.

“Persistence in documentation is not some technocratic obsession, on the contrary, it is a model of the modernization of political dialogue. Because what is not measured cannot be judged on its true basis. This is at the heart of what we call politics with tangible results, as well as substantive political dialogue,” he added.

For operation to free the Greeks from Sudan, said that by order of the Prime Minister yesterday, two aircraft of the Air Force, along with special forces soldiers, were sent to Egypt to participate in the operation to free them. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with France and Italy, announced that 12 Greeks and their families have been safely evacuated, including two injured expatriates from Greece. In addition, a group of 11 citizens of Greek origin and Greek interests arrived in Djibouti late at midnight. The Prime Minister is kept informed of developments at all times. The situation in Sudan will be raised today as the first issue in the Foreign Affairs Council with our own intervention,” he said, stressing that efforts to safely remove all expatriates from the burning country are ongoing.

He also pointed out that, based on the data voiced Eurostat On Friday, in 2022, a very difficult year, our country managed not only to bring the budget deficit to zero, but also to record a small primary surplus of 0.1%, despite the fact that social support measures were among the most generous in Europe.

“These figures are the result of an economy growing twice as fast as the European average, which brought additional revenues to public funds, providing the biggest fiscal improvement in Europe since the pandemic,” he said and asked what those who predicted the fiscal crash and still accepts a disastrous tale for the economy today.

“And, to have a measure of comparison, I should mention that large and strong economies such as Germany, recorded a deficit of 1.1%, France 2.8% and Italy 3.6%,” he said, adding: “During our term, the country’s GDP increased by 29 billion euros compared to 2018, and public debt fell by 35 percentage points more than in any other country. in Europe, despite the fact that social support measures were among the most generous in Europe. The good results achieved by all of us together, businesses, households, state and government, prompted S&P to raise its forecast for the Greek economy, which is just one step away from investment grade, to positive. It’s also a national post-election goal that we’ve been working towards since day one of our election, and that means cheaper loans.”

“Even he needs a lot of courage SYRIZAthat will be heavy on the drums and supposedly the markets will dance to abandon us in favor of investment grade. However, having closed the banks again with the progressive SYRIZA-Varoufakis alliance, under threat from a potential state partner SYRIZA, the last thing we should expect is investment grade,” Mr. Schertzos emphasized.

Regarding the debate: “There will be a telephone battle of party leaders. We want debates with parties represented in parliament. Let SYRIZA explain to us the inconsistency of her position that although she is in favor of cooperation between governments, she wants a debate between the two leaders. All opinions of all official opposition parties should be heard at the same table so that contradictions over program inconsistencies are visible, which are huge,” he noted and confirmed the government’s position in the subsequent relevant question.

“Our position is that there should be debates in which the parties represented in the parliament will take part,” he specified.

Detailed briefing by Mr. Shertsos for political editors

He also mentioned the government’s social policy regarding public health and public projects launched over a four-year period.

With information from APE-MPE