He published his government program today, Friday, 28.4. SYRIZA-P.S.under the general titleJustice Everywhere – For Democratic Progressive Governance“.

The official opposition party claims in the introduction to its program that during the four years of Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ rule, “inequality is increasing, the real disposable income of workers, small and medium-sized enterprises, pensioners is sharply reduced, the welfare state is collapsing.”

Mention is also made of the Tempe accident, which, as SYRIZA reports, “further highlighted the collapse of the staffing table, the complete disrepair to which it had brought the country’s most important infrastructures, and the extensive clientelist practice that obscured the narrative of the so-called “excellent”.”

The text mentions the effects of the accuracy crisis, as well as the economic policies of the government, which is said to have “trapped a model based on privatization, ghost state companies, fund invasions, real estate, and pharaonic tourism investments that do not leave a sustainable productive footprint” .

SYRIZA speaks of the need for a “new productive model” and calls on citizens to mobilize to “turn the program (…) into an implementable policy.”

Program 50 days

SYRIZA then lists a package of “immediate measures” that it considers to be a priority for implementation “within the first 50 days of progressive governance”.

The 50-day program is listed as stated in the text published by SYRIZA:

• “We are raising the minimum wage to 880 euros in the private sector.

• We introduce annual indexation at the level of inflation of the previous year, both in the private and public sectors. In the public sector, salaries will increase immediately by 10%

• We are restoring the 13th pension of 2019 (full for pensions up to €500 and interest for the upper echelons) and provide a 7.5% supplement by 2023 to all pensioners, regardless of personal differences.

• We are suspending first home auctions up to €300,000 pending the filing of a comprehensive plan that will replace the North Dakota bankruptcy law. and permanent measures to protect the first home

• We manage private debt to insurance funds and tax authorities with a partial write-off of principal, post-health crisis debt, and 120 payments to pay off the balance. Those who lost the 2019 regulation will also be eligible to join the scheme.

• We introduce the maximum rate of return in the energy sector at the level of 5%

• We directly tax excess profits accumulated in the treasury of energy companies and refineries

• We are reducing the regulated electricity fee that all consumers pay (ETMEAR, YKO)

• We protect particularly vulnerable consumers from power outages, as well as the entire Greek society.

For the sharp decline in fuel and food prices:

• We reduce VAT on fuels (engine oil, heating oil, gasoline, natural gas) to the lowest rate in the European Union.

• We are abolishing the payment of social tax on agricultural oil.

• We are reducing VAT on food products to 6%.

• We are removing responsibility for water and waste from the “enhanced” Waste, Energy and Water Administration, we are returning EYDAP-EYATH shares to the state.”

Particularly on her forehead JobSYRIZA-Progressive Alliance commits, among other things, to “immediately repeal all anti-labor provisions of the ND”. (Hatsidakis Act, Collective Bargaining Provisions), restore the determination of the minimum wage through collective bargaining through the National General Collective Labor Agreement, and reduce working hours per week from 40 to 35 hours without wage cuts, initially on a pilot basis. with incentives for stakeholder agreements.”

For fiscal interventions“in addition to what is provided by the 50-day program”, SYRIZA also mentions the following:

• Increasing the non-taxable minimum to 10,000 euros.

• Establishment of tax-free up to 10,000 euros for all individuals on income from their work. Inclusion in a single scale of taxation of all individuals, regardless of the form of employment. Combining rules.

• Fair tax treatment of dividend distribution: Increasing the tax rate on dividends over EUR 50,000 from 5% to 10% and its gradual increase to 15%.

• Eliminate the sham tax, the unfair tax burden that is horizontally placed on professionals and businesses.

The official opposition party then presents its plan for “new priorities on the basis of which resources will be redirected from the Recovery Fund”, as well as intervention in the Greek banking system.

The official opposition party lists its plan on “regulation of private debt and protection of the first home“, emphasizing that it “aims to rid the economy and society of ever-increasing private debt in a sustainable and fair manner. To this end, a comprehensive debt settlement system will be established to protect the primary residence, commercial premises and agricultural land.

There is also a separate chapter on issues related to ecology and climate crisisas well as for “energy democracy” and “fairly green transition”.

On her forehead digital policySYRIZA speaks of “a digital transition that must be fair and inclusive and not create new inequalities. At the same time, it must be implemented within a timeframe that will set the mark of high value-added development in the country”, presenting at the same time the interventions it proposes.

With regard to transport, the official opposition party undertakes, inter alia, “restructuring of the railway networkfor merit-based direct recruitment at OSE and subsidiaries, to reinforce the Railroad Regulatory Authority with specialized personnel and financial resources, and to review and oversee the implementation of the Hellenic Train Investment Plan and the Economic Services Contract (SEC).”

Much of the SYRIZA program is occupied by the party’s commitment to welfare state, health care, education and public goods. Among other things, mention is made of “strengthening and reorganizing the NHS to ensure health equity and equity.” Modernized and safe operation of public health structures for staff and patients” and “building a democratic public, free and quality education system for all”.

In terms of public administration, SYRIZA is committed to “repeal of the Staffing Act”and promotes the creation of a “democratic, social state of citizens, open to social dialogue and control, equality, transparency, trust, efficiency”.

The SYRIZA program also includes the party’s positions on “judicial reform”, for “transparency in the media”, for “support for independent authorities“, for the “reformation of EL.AS”, with repealing, among other things, the University Police Actas well as measures to ensure gender equality, LGBTI+ rights (legal recognition of femicide, marriage for all persons, recognition of all families), immigration policy (see removal of class restrictions in the process of granting citizenship through naturalization and the restoration of a “humanitarian residence permit” for applicants whose application for asylum was rejected), culture and sports.

On her forehead foreign policy reference is made to “the gradual extension in every part of the Eastern Mediterranean of the territorial waters of Greece to 12 nautical miles”. and the delimitation of the continental shelf/EEZ with all neighboring countries in the area”, as well as “the resumption of negotiations for a just and sustainable solution of the Cyprus question based on UN resolutions in the interests of all the Cypriot people, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. The solution of a two-zone, two-communal federation, with political equality, with one citizenship, one sovereignty and one international legal personality, without guarantees and occupying troops.

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