The Greek Minister of Labor explodes against Yolanda Díaz: “You may want to ask us for advice on reducing unemployment in your country, which is now champion”

2023-09-24 20:24:59

Updated Sunday, September 24, 2023 – 20:24

The counterpart of Sumar’s leader responds on Twitter and assures that his Government received Greece “in a much worse situation than Spain and today we are much better”

Yolanda Díaz, acting vice president of the government and leader of Sumar. Antonio Heredia

The Greek Minister of Labor, Adonis Georgiadishas exploded in the face of criticism from the acting vice president, Yolanda Daz, dedicated this weekend to the new Labor Law Project of the European country. “Dear Mrs. Diaz may wish to ask us for some advice on how to reduce unemployment in her country, which unfortunately now he is their champion“, the Greek representative exploded on his social networks this Sunday.

The controversy dates back to last Friday, when the Greek Government approved a labor reform that, among other things, opens the door to the implementation of a sixth day of work a week and allows working days of up to 13 hours. Also through Twitter, Díaz referred to this new framework, which will allow the company to vary workers’ schedules to adapt them to production needs, as the path towards “involution”, a comment that has raised blisters in the Greek government.

In an extensive message flooded with figures, Georgiadis has assured: “We received Greece in a much worse situation than Spain and today we are in a much better situation than it.” Furthermore, Diaz has been referred to as “the new iron lady of Podemos”.

In detail, the Greek Parliament gave its green light on Friday to a labor reform, promoted by the conservative Government of Kyriakos Mitsotakiswhich in addition to the above allows workers to voluntarily opt for a second job of up to eight hours a day, which, added to the main activity of eight hours a day, allows workers to work up to 13 hours a day.

It also introduces a contract for “on-call employees” which in reality means that workers will not have a fixed schedule, but will work when the employer requires it, as long as there is prior notification of at least 24 hours in advance.

Once the details were known, Yolanda Díaz declared that she was “very worried” and asserted “this is the path of involution: less time, worse lives, low-cost economy.”

In response, Georgiadis has resorted to a battery of figures that, in his opinion, demonstrate that the evolution of employment and the Greek economy has been better than that of Spain since 2019. “Their mention gives me the opportunity to demonstrate to them our great ideological superiority.” and politics with irrefutable evidence. Politics is applied art, not theory“, emphasized the Greek minister.