The Minister of Finance Mr. Gikas Hardouvelis during his speech in Parliament on Tuesday afternoon underlined the need for an agreement between the government and the opposition.

He said that we should “distinguish the priorities without a distorting mirror of the past.”

Speaking of ENFIA, the Greek Minister admitted that many mistakes have been made and noted that: “I have admitted and recognized the mistakes made .We are trying to fix them, and even I personally have corrected mistakes that nobody had noticed.”

Mr. Hardouvelis assured that the biggest part of fiscal adjustment have already taken place and that the only remaining are the structural changes.

“Only a well-trained state machine is capable of safeguarding the public interest. Prerequisite of prosperity is fighting the oligopolistic distortions in functioning markets, “he said, while he sought for the country to put in order public finances and ensure progress in the future without dependencies.

Talking about the changes in insurance, the Minister noted that is about intergenerational solidarity and spoke for posting pension privileges of this generation, “which our children will pay.”

With reference to specific provisions of the multi-bill which as he said, are indicative of progressive government policy, he stood at the recruitment of 400 tax collectors with university education, to the provision for mapping the coastline, and to the modernization of public procurement and “Persons Occupying”.

The Minister of Finance finally said that there are still major challenges and he spoke of a development plan in order to implement the transition of the economy based on domestic consumption in the economy of external demand.