“In his reply to Mr. Schertz confirmed that the only program that was ultimately not evaluated is the ND program,” the SYRIZA-PS statement said, commenting on the response of the ND representativean invitation from Alexis Tsipras to Kyriakos Mitsotakis to submit their programs for evaluation to the State General Accounting Office, and immediately afterward, the two of them discuss.

In a statement, SYRIZA states: “Once the President of SYRIZA – the Progressive Alliance agreed to a joint appeal to an independent body to determine the cost of two opposing political programs (ND and SYRIZA), Mr. Mitsotakis, evasively, finally refused.” He then explains: ” It is erroneously claimed that the SI program was calculated because it was included as such in the medium term, however, it only includes one of the announced measures – wage bill changes. an increase in the tax-free allowance for families with children, the elimination of the feigned contribution, an increase in healthcare costs, etc.) are not included in the medium term.Now it is confirmed why they lied for a whole week that they allegedly received an estimate for the SYRIZA – Progressive Alliance program from GLK, because they wanted to hide ND’s wish list.”

Summarizing, SYRIZA states: “Given the current refusal to jointly estimate the costs of the SI and SYRIZA programs, it is not surprising that Mr. Mitsotakis once again wants to become famous in the underground and does not want citizens to hear the arguments and arguments of opponents. programs in televised debates between two political leaders. The one who walks around Greece and arrogantly says that he has no opponent and who promised a debate in the second election. The masks have fallen.

“President, come with your taxes,” the ND spokesman said in a statement earlier. Akis Skertsov in connection with his latest statements Alexis Tsipras and continues by noting, “We are happy that, even with a one-box delay, Mr. Tsipras recognizes the need for his program to be valued—besides his financial staff—and by the State’s General Accounting Office or any he wants a competent state body, which we have repeatedly asked for.”

According to Mr. Shertsos, “it would be a welcome project for him to formally submit his program with all fiscal measures in full detail to the Provisional Government so that the competent authorities can re-quantify them.. We ask, however, that in this process he does not forget to submit all the measures included in his program, including those he added after the quantification he made in TIF, as well as the cost increases he proposes for healthcare and education. And most importantly, he proposes to formalize the tax increase in all details.

“As for the New Democracy program,” the party representative continues, “it is fully consistent with the goals set out in the stability program presented to the European Commission a few weeks ago.

In particular, the Stability Program includes in the base case the cost of increasing pensions each year based on GDP and inflation (estimated at 450 million euros in the first year and increases to collectively reach 800 million euros in 2025, 1.1 billion euros). in 2026 and 1.5 billion euros in 2027), as well as an increase in the salaries of civil servants announced by TIF from 01/01/2024 (by 500 million euros), as well as an increase in disability benefits (by 95 million euros) comes into force from May.

The Stability Agenda also explicitly mentions additional fiscal measures announced after the announcement of the elections of 0.1% of GDP in 2024 and 0.3% of GDP in 2025 and 2026, which are covered by the available fiscal space. These include, among others, a €1,000 tax-free increase for families with children (worth €77 million per year), an 8% increase in the minimum guaranteed income (worth €49 million per year), the phasing out of the pretense fee (worth €89 million euros in 2025, 222 million euros in 2026 and 443 million euros in 2027), a gradual reduction in insurance premiums (worth 230 million euros in 2025 and 2026 and 509 million euros in 2027), an increase in the maternity benefit for freelancers and farmers (worth 40 million euros per year), a permanent exemption for former EKAS beneficiaries from their participation in pharmaceutical costs (worth 38 million euros per year), a youth subscription for young people who have reached the age of majority (worth 30 million euros per year) and 10 -percentage discount ENFIA for homes insured against natural disasters. natural disasters (worth about 40 million euros per year)”.

Continuing, Mr. Schertzos claims that “the total cost of the above measures is 1.3 billion euros in 2024, 2 billion euros in 2025, 2.5 billion euros in 2026 and 3.3 billion euros in 2027. according to the forecasts of the Stability Program”. “We are therefore asking Mr. Tsipras to tell us where he will find 83 billion euros over four years, what taxes he intends to impose and whether he intends to return the Greek economy to the process of excessive deficit through a new surveillance system. and indefinite investment grade deferment.

And if you have any questions about quantifying any of our metrics, let us know and we’ll gladly have it re-validated by the competent offices of the State’s General Accounting Office.

In the meantime, we will continue to talk about the Greece of the future, higher wages, more investment, lower taxes, better hospitals, a more digital state, a better environment, stronger defenses, and more security on our borders and in our cities.” , concludes a New Republic spokesperson.

Source: RES-MPE