2024-08-29 12:17:28
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stated that the information spread in recent days by the media and analysts in Greece, that the country is already worse in terms of income even than Bulgaria, is a myth. At today’s meeting of the Greek government, Mitsotakis also compared the minimum wage in Bulgaria and Greece.
At the meeting of the Council of Ministers in Athens, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that the main goal of the government, as well as the best answer to the costs, is the constant increase in the income of the Greeks. Mitsotakis added that this is what the government continues to do and added that he will have the opportunity to say more about all this at his speech at the opening of the Thessaloniki Fair on September 7, when the Greek prime ministers outline the economic and financial parameters of their administration, writes BNR .
“To be able, of course, to answer some of the myths that are spreading and that present Greece as worse than Bulgaria”.
“I remind you that Bulgaria has a minimum wage of 477 euros, while in Greece it is 830 euros. Greece, which is in second place in terms of GDP growth per capita and a country in which the consumption index, which perhaps is the most indicative because it includes all household expenses, it is constantly improving”.
The reason for the comment of Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis were publications in the Greek press, which received a wide response on social networks, which were titled “How Greek workers became the poorest in Europe, even compared to Bulgaria?”.
They referred to the latest edition of the Greek Center for Planning and Economic Research (KEPE), signed by analyst Vlasis Missos, that Greece already ranks last in terms of the average hourly wage calculated by total purchasing power, as Greek workers are poorer than Bulgarians.
The Greek business publication “Naftemboriki” comments that Greece has so far lagged behind the countries of the former Eastern Bloc in terms of purchasing power, but the only “consolation” so far has been that Bulgaria was one step below the Greeks until recently, but this is no longer the case .