The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras tried to create the impression of restarting the government and the country speaking at the first meeting of the new cabinet.

“This is a new day and we are in a new phase of exiting from the crisis” was the characteristic phrase of Prime Minister, who emphasized that in the near future there will be improvements in the daily lives of citizens and increase their standard of living.

Describing the priorities he said that these are:

– Structural changes

– An exit from recession and memorandum

-Development on stable base and without the risk of getting back to the crisis

-Correcting injustices

-Accelerating the pace of government work

Mr Samaras made it clear that the main line of economic policy will not change but there will be benefits from the growth of the country and this will be clear with an increase of the disposable income.

The Prime Minister noted that positive measures are already being promoted such as

– Offsetting of VAT debts

-Reducing of social security contributions for businesses

-Reducing social security costs in the agricultural sector

He also reiterated that tax relief measures have already been planned for the coming years, but these will be presented in the autumn.