The government of New Democracy will fight those who are taking advantage of current circumstances and market conditions to overcharge consumers, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Saturday during a visit to the northern suburb of Galatsi, part of the former district that elected him deputy 20 years ago.
Speaking of the price spikes in food and household goods, Mitsotakis asserted, “I will not tolerate an inflation of greed, and I have said several times that the state has the power and the control mechanisms to establish order in the market. We will do that to continue our support of citizen incomes, especially for weaker citizens, as we always have done. When our economy goes well, there is a surplus so we can support the weakest of our fellow citizens, because I will never tire to repeat that collective prosperity, in our personal ideology, must be turned into individual success.”
Mitsotakis also said that reforms will continue, as they are the progress the country needs to make that big leap into the future and become more European. “This progress is something all Greeks will benefit from,” he added.
The premier also spoke of the coming Greek European Parliament elections, and of what his party had done for Greece. He referred to this year being the 50th founding anniversary of New Democracy, the party that led Greece into the European Union, kept it there, and has allowed it to play a leading role in Europe.
He then paid a visit to the area where the central square of Galatsi will be built, next to the works for a station of the new Athens metro Line 4. He was also provided with more details on the square by Galatsi Mayor Giorgos Markopoulos. The suburb is the only municipality in the Athens area lacking a public square.
