ΟΙ ΕΚΚΡΕΜΟΤΗΤΕΣ
- 30 Apr 2023
- economy
Energy developments and inflation are expected to be at the center of the consultations with the four heads of institutions (EU ECB, ESM, IMF) to be held remotely in the context of the second post-programmatic assessment of the Greek economy. Although this evaluation is expected to be completed in a very short time, it is estimated that it will give an indication of what the government should correct in relation to the subsidy framework and accuracy management procedures as a whole.
Thus, the framework for removing the horizontal subsidy regime in the background and the drop in energy prices, as well as the course of fulfilling the EU's "green" target will be on the table. At the same time, the actions planned by the government to deal with the inflationary wave will be examined.
In addition, developments are expected to be analyzed as a whole in view of the submission of the new Medium-term Program 2024-2027 in May, where it is expected to outline the fiscal targets, which will be implemented from 2024 and will outline the new "tighter" framework that already promoted by the Community authorities for all Member States.
At the same time, there will be an examination of the course of implementation of pending matters in relation to prerequisites and "backlogs" since the completion of the enhanced supervision program last August. Such is the issue with the overdue debts of the state, as according to the data of the budget for 2023 they are still moving above the targets that have been set, but also delays are found in the reforms concerning labor legislation, Justice and the sector of primary health.
In particular, the outstanding issues that the institutions have "focused" on are the following:
- The full liquidation of the pensions that should be done by February 2023. Based on the Min. Labor, in the first two months of 2023, 43,000 supplementary pensions were definitively issued, out of a total of 80,000 that were pending for months or even years, and for which the main pension has already been issued. Essentially, as emphasized, more than 50% of the stock of overdue ancillaries with a previous main pension issue that had accumulated over the previous years was cleared. The 26,000 insured from the above are going to be paid their final pension together with the corresponding retroactives at the end of March, while the remaining 17,000 have already been paid since the end of February.
- The electronic platform for simplifying court procedures. The goal is to file a lawsuit with a digital signature and digital submission of the required supporting documents. At the same time, the electronic update of the course of the lawsuit from the filing until the irrevocable issuance of a decision or position in the file.
- Also on the carpet is the course of implementation of primary health care
-Another issue is the codification of labor legislation. The issue of the codification of the legislation governing individual labor law has already been completed.
- In the field of privatization, things are more complicated due to the upcoming election, which blocks the timetables that have been set. Many of the deadlines given will be re-examined and rescheduled.
