Androulakis from Ilion: 'A third term for New Democracy means a third term of high prices'

Nikos Androulakis, leader of Greece's PASOK-Movement for Change party, visited Ilion on Monday, engaging with citizens and local business owners. The dominant issues raised by residents and merchants were the soaring cost of living, the erosion of purchasing power, and the strain on households and small businesses due to price increases.

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If someone wants to see how society lives today, they should visit one of the hundreds of popular markets that are set up every day across Greece. To see how citizens choose what to put in their basket and what to leave behind. The Prime Minister himself should come, to meet the real anger of society, not the communicated anger that he himself expresses. To explain to consumers why we have double the inflation of the European Union average. Why checks are not carried out on the internal overpricing of multinational companies. Why checks are not carried out on many links in the supply chain.

Following his tour, Androulakis launched a strong critique of the government's economic strategy and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He called for an immediate political shift and presented his party's proposals to safeguard incomes. Androulakis urged the Prime Minister to visit local markets to witness the "real anger" of society, not just the "communicated anger" he himself expresses. He questioned why Greece experiences double the inflation of the European Union average and why there are insufficient checks on multinational corporations' internal overpricing and on various links in the supply chain.

"What happened to the letter to Mrs. von der Leyen, which supposedly would solve the problem?" Androulakis asked. "And why are very large fines not imposed on powerful food trading players who have made billions at the expense of society?" He asserted that a third term for the New Democracy party would mean a "third term of high prices." Therefore, he argued, "political change is needed now."

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What happened to the letter to Mrs. von der Leyen, which supposedly would solve the problem? And why are very large fines not imposed on powerful food trading players who have made billions at the expense of society? A third term of New Democracy means a third term of high prices. That is why political change is needed now.

Androulakis outlined PASOK's proposed solutions: a reduction in VAT on essential goods, a cut in excise duty on energy and fuel, and the establishment of a robust, well-staffed Competition Committee and a unified Consumer Authority to regulate an "unbridled market." He concluded by stating that for PASOK, the state's fundamental duty is to protect citizens and their incomes. He was accompanied by other PASOK officials, including Nadia Giannakopoulou.

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A PASOK government that will reduce VAT on essential goods, reduce the special consumption tax on energy and fuel, and prove that it will create a strong Competition Committee, overstaffed, and a unified Consumer Authority, which will set rules in an unbridled market. Because for us, for PASOK, the state has a basic debt: to protect citizens and their incomes.