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Mitsotakis targets key voter groups with election message behind economic pledges

From Kathimerini · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will hold a news conference in Thessaloniki after announcing a package of measures at the city’s international fair.
  • The measures directly target freelancers, private-sector and public employees, pensioners, farmers, people with disabilities and families.
  • The focus on freelancers and farmers reflects the government’s effort to rebuild support among voter groups that strongly backed New Democracy in 2023.

Behind Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ economic announcements, Kathimerini identifies a targeted electoral plan looking toward Greece’s 2027 elections. The prime minister presented the measures at the Thessaloniki International Fair on Saturday and will hold the customary news conference at noon on Sunday at the city’s Vellideio Convention Center.

Let the country's dynamism become progress for all.

· Kyriakos MitsotakisThe prime minister’s speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair.

The slogan was “a dividend for all,” but the speech focused particularly on groups that could help deliver the electoral percentage the prime minister’s office is seeking. The income measures directly concern freelancers, private-sector employees, public servants, pensioners, farmers, people with disabilities and families.

Freelancers and farmers stand out. New Democracy came close to 50 percent among both groups in the 2023 election, making them an important electoral barometer. They also formed part of the voter base that helped carry the party to 41 percent nationally. With polling figures beginning with a “3” now viewed as the necessary platform for the next election, the speech formally opened the pre-election period.

I am concerned only by its irresponsible and uncosted promises.

· Kyriakos MitsotakisHis criticism of opposition parties.

The package includes lower presumptive income assessments for compliant freelancers, a 50 percent reduction in those assessments in settlements with fewer than 2,000 residents, and a cut in advance tax payments from 55 percent to 50 percent for the 2027 tax year. Businesses are to receive annual five-point reductions in advance tax payments from the 2028 tax year until the rate falls from 80 percent to 50 percent. The government also plans to transfer €1.5 billion from the Recovery and Resilience Facility to the Development Bank for small and medium-sized businesses, including €1.1 billion in lending and €400 million in guarantees.

Our opponent is not any party, but the problems.

· Kyriakos MitsotakisHis effort to frame the government’s priorities beyond party competition.

Mitsotakis criticized opposition parties over what he called “irresponsible and uncosted promises,” but sought to shift the focus from party confrontation to government priorities. “Our opponent is not any party, but the problems,” he said. He also argued that Greece needs a government capable of keeping it away from “ungovernability or party bargaining.”

ungovernability or party bargaining

· Kyriakos MitsotakisThe risks he said Greece’s government should avoid.
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Originally published by Kathimerini in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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