Georgiadis: “Inflation in Greece remains well below the eurozone average” – News – news
In the data that Eurostat on inflationThe Minister of Development and Investments, Adonis Georgiadis, was mentioned during the discussion earlier today of the bill on GEMI and One Stop Services, in the competent parliamentary committee.
“At 12 Eurostat inflation for the whole eurozone. At 8% the harmonized index in Greece for the month of March. At 2.7% the monthly increase. I always look a little higher at the monthly increase, because it shows the trend. At 7.5% is the average in the eurozone – we at 8% – and at 2.5% the monthly increase – we at 2.7% “, said Adonis Georgiadis and provided comparative data on the level of inflation in March . of last year.
“In March 2021, Greece was the only one in the eurozone with negative inflation, it had minus 2%. At that time, the eurozone average was 1.3%. “+8 is from -2, so, in fact it is 6, it is not 10. So, in fact our inflation is well below the eurozone average which is 7.5%, if we take it into account”, said the Minister of Development and insisted that “Greece is the 12th of the 19 countries”.
Mr Georgiadis called on opposition lawmakers to confront inflation figures in other eurozone countries.
“To see a little the inflation of the countries that are a little above us. Lithuania, 15.6%. It’s Mitsotakis’s fault. Estonia, 14.8%. Hatzidakis, Georgiadis and Skrekas are to blame. Netherlands, 11.9%. This is obviously the Petsa list here. Spain, your favorite country, which you have set an example and you tell us in each of your speeches, 9.8% “.
“I repeat, if we put, that we had minus 2 last year, while everyone else had a plus, we are at 6 in fact. Is Mr. Mitsotakis to blame for all these governments, which have this beastly inflation of up to twice as much as ours? “Is this a serious discussion, about the biggest global crisis since the Second World War, by the Official Opposition?”, Said Mr. Georgiadis.
At the same time, the minister responded to the objections of the opposition parties that there is an issue of product industry.
“For the foreseeable future, to speak correctly, there is no question of adequacy. What will the foreseeable future say? For us, 6 to 7 months. So we can have the image of the market. If they fall nuclear tomorrow, I do not know. In any case, today, as we speak, for all the food materials that people get from the supermarkets, there is no risk of shortage, zero, even for sunflower oil zero “, said the Minister of Development and added:
“For sunflower oil, there is a way to greatly increase domestic production, if we direct a wider range of sunflower oil to food than for energy production.”
The absence of necessary initiatives that would prevent large increases in the market, had been denounced earlier by SYRIZA MP Ioannis Sarakiotis. “We tell you from the first moment, Mr. Minister, that in Greece the problem is exacerbated much more, due to your policies or, to be more precise, by the absence of initiatives on your part,” said the SYRIZA MP.
“Of course part of inflation is also imported. We agree, but the Government did the exact opposite so as not to reduce it “, said the MP of MERA25 George Logiadis and added that” the increase in food prices is much greater than the increase in their production costs, due to its uncontrolled operation . market “, to observe that” accuracy has class marks and asymmetrically affects citizens. “The more vulnerable they are, the more they are affected.”
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