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Staikouras: Up to 700 million euros in benefits to be disbursed on Tuesday, Wednesday
Benefits and payments amounting to 700 million euros will be
Greece’s fiscal space will exceed 3.5 percent of GDP target, says finance minister Tsakalotos
Meeting his German counterpart Olaf Schulz and European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici in Berlin on Wednesday, Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos expressed the Greek government’s position that the “fiscal space” achieved by Greece will exceed the 3.5 percent GDP target for 2019 and for the following years, when its exact size […]
“We have enough fiscal space to provide with social measures”, states spokesman Tzanakopouos
The cycle of cuts has closed and the government has now room to increase the available income without threatening fiscal targets, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Friday in an interview with ‘Sto Kokkino’ radio station.
“High surpluses create space for lower taxes, more spending” says Finance Minister
“From now onwards, despite high primary surpluses, we are creating fiscal space that allows for lower taxes and significant spending for hospitals and schools,” Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said on Tuesday.