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PASOK attacks Mitsotakis’s package as “half-measures” that fail to meet social needs

From Ta Nea · () Greek

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

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  • PASOK spokesperson Kostas Tsoukalas criticized Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair, calling the government’s measures inadequate.
  • Tsoukalas said the package ignored private debt and failed to address weak purchasing power, low wages and low productivity despite economic growth.
  • He said PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis would present proposals on fairer wealth creation and distribution, including a permanent tax on banks’ excess profits.

PASOK launched a sharp attack on Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair, saying the prime minister’s announcements did not address the country’s real social and economic needs.

Half-measures that do not address social needs.

· Kostas TsoukalasThe PASOK spokesperson’s central criticism of Mitsotakis’s announcements.

In an interview on the YouTube channel of Ta Nea, PASOK spokesperson Kostas Tsoukalas also criticized Mitsotakis for not mentioning PASOK and instead referring to former prime minister Alexis Tsipras. Tsoukalas pointed to lyrics from Dimitris Mitropanos’s song “Twin Moons,” which Mitsotakis had invoked, and used another line from the same song to make his point.

Tsoukalas called the government’s proposals “half-measures” and said they attempted to cover an agenda without understanding society’s actual needs. “The 500 euros are not a 13th salary, and the 400 euros are not a 13th pension,” he said. He also criticized the absence of a substantive plan for private debt.

The 500 euros are not a 13th salary, and the 400 euros are not a 13th pension.

· Kostas TsoukalasHe argued that the government’s proposed payments did not amount to restored salary or pension benefits.

The PASOK spokesman argued that Mitsotakis “described a different country from the one we live in.” He said that, despite growth in gross domestic product, purchasing power remains low and the economy still relies on low wages and low productivity. “The big issue is production and the distribution of wealth,” he said.

He described a different country from the one we live in.

· Kostas TsoukalasTsoukalas criticized Mitsotakis’s portrayal of Greece’s economic situation.

Tsoukalas said PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis would present the party’s proposals at the Thessaloniki fair. These include ways to produce more wealth and distribute it more fairly, as well as a permanent mechanism to tax banks’ excess profits. He also repeated PASOK’s positions on restoring a 13th pension and EKAS, introducing 120 installments, protecting primary residences and limiting guarantors’ liability.

The big issue is production and the distribution of wealth.

· Kostas TsoukalasHe said economic policy should focus on production and how wealth is shared.
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Originally published by Ta Nea 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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