Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent the message that the rising cost crisis is “temporary” and Greece “will not be swayed by it” in his response to Alexis Tsipras ‘s question about high costs in the debate in Parliament during the programmed “Prime Minister’s Hour”. Mitsotakis noted that the support measures for 2022 alone will reach 13 billion euros, explaining that the policy of subsidies, tax reduction, and the support of disposable income will continue in 2023 while leaving an open window for intervention and at the price of diesel fuel.

The PM went on to criticise Alexis Tsipras for the fact that nowhere in his question was there a reference to Russia’s invasion as a generative cause of the crisis, stressing that with the 25 billion measures announced by the president of SYRIZA at this year’s TIF, the country would go bankrupt within a month. Kyriakos Mitsotakis also referred to the death of Alexandros Nikolaidis whom he dubbed “a champion of life even with the words he said goodbye to us”.

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PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis is addressing in Parliament the issue of rising costs, after the main opposition leader, Alexis Tsipras submitted a question for the Q&A session of the Prime Minister’s hour on Friday.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis began his speech with his own farewell to Alexandros Nikolaidis whom he said: “was a champion of life even with the words he said goodbye to us”.

The PM will emphasise that within the framework of the country’s fiscal capabilities, the government is doing everything in its power to support society, especially the most vulnerable. In this context, it will also refer to the basic measures that have already been taken to mitigate the consequences of the imported crisis.

Earlier, SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, opening the discussion, described the issue of rising costs as the most burning issue of the time, speaking of “Mitsotakis rising costs” arguing that this is happening “because you are the most unsuitable to understand it and what its implications mean and feel what it can mean for a family living with a monthly income of 700 euros to need two minimum wages to pay the electricity, what it can mean for a family with two workers unable to make ends meet, what it means for a mother to think about cutting off the tuition of her child sitting for exams in order to buy food from the supermarket, what it means for a father to think that this year he will not be able to pay the gas for the heating”.