As expected, the Vellideo Conference Center where Prime Minister K. Mitsotakis' Speech was given at the opening of the 86th TIF, was full.
His agenda included announcements on the current economic situation, support measures, studies on subsidies and support for the vulnerable class of citizens.
Among the 21 measures to support Greek society, a reference was made to the 250 euro allowance that 2.300.000 Greeks will receive in December, while beneficiaries of the Minimum Guaranteed Income will receive one more installment. Beneficiaries of the Child Benefit will receive an additional 1,5 installments. The Solidarity Levy is abolished which is expected to satisfy 2,7 million taxpayers. An increase in the pensions of 1 million pensioners was also announced.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in his speech: "The measures I am announcing today, extraordinary for the rest of 2022 and permanent from 2023, add up to approximately 5,5 billion euros, not including the monthly electricity subsidy for everyone. They are coming to be added to the almost 50 billion that the state has allocated as an embankment in the successive crises".
Specifically, and briefly, the main support measures are as follows:
- In December, 2.300.000 vulnerable fellow citizens will be supported with 250 euros
- Beneficiaries of the Guaranteed Minimum Income will receive another installment and beneficiaries of the Child Benefit an additional 1,5 installments
- The student housing allowance is increased from 1.000 to 1.500 euros
- The heating allowance will reach 300 million euros
- Emergency subsidy to farmers of 60 million for fertilizers
- 50.000 livestock farmers will receive 89 million for animal feed
- The beneficiaries of the "Change device" increase by 200.000.
- 250.000 small photovoltaics of individual producers financed for free energy
- An additional 200.000 beneficiaries in "Tourism for All" - extension of the tourist season
- Immediate settlement of Armed Forces salary requests
- Exemption of 40% of insurance contributions for companies that convert part-time contracts into permanent ones
- Permanent reduction of 3 points in insurance contributions from January – the income of 2,2 million workers increases
- The Solidarity Levy is abolished forever - Relief for 2,7 million taxpayers
- The Employee Welfare Fund Contribution is abolished – Incentives for the Achievement of Public Goals are introduced
- The pensions of 1 million pensioners are increasing - 6% for this year
- ESY salary increases
- Increase in the minimum wage from 1 May 2023
- Extension of maternity allowance to 9 months
With clear references to a "demagogic tactic" of the opposing side, the prime minister declared that today our country is stronger than ever. "The national stake continues to pervade time, remaining one: that through changing conditions the land shall be free, sovereign, and independent, and its citizens shall prosper, breathing the air of a democracy that protects them and affords them opportunities to create for them and their families".
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