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The greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras is asking Parliament a mandate to deal with creditors to exit from the euro. “We are confronted with crucial decisions,” he says, turning to MPs. “We have a warrant to rip a better deal than the ultimatum of the Eurogroup, but we have certainly a mandate to lead Greece out of the eurozone.” “In all of this we must be united,” he adds.
Athens reached a last-minute compromise in Parliament and Brussels presenting a new proposal to creditors that should prevent its exit from the euro. Increase the VAT for restaurants (but hotels are 13% pure and electricity 6%), it disappears discount of 30% to the islands, climb the corporate tax from 26 to 28% for an additional revenue of 130 million euro (disappears request to tax the 12% corporate profits exceeding 500 million), will be penalized the baby-pensions and retiring at age 67 by 2022, share the privatization of ports and regional airports. Increase taxation on the operators with an increase in the tonnage tax.
Iva
In the new plan of the government in Athens is planned taxation of VAT at three levels, with medicines, books, art shows and theater to 6% ; hotels, energy, fresh food and basic groceries and 13% of processed foods, restaurants and more than 23%. It eliminates the 30% discount on the rates of VAT on the islands, from the largest and most popular type Santorini, Mykonos since October 2015. The remote islands will be compensated by other benefits.
Tax
In addition, the government will keep the controversial property tax (Enfia) in 2015 and 2016 and will increase at the same time efforts to combat tax evasion. The Tax Administration of the country will become an independent body, and will be introduced stricter criteria for self-declare farmers and to avoid the many scams. It ‘also included the increase of the tax of solidarity as well as those on luxury and on profits. Corporate tax fell from 26 to 28%. Less military spending of 100 million in 2015 and 200 million in 2016 will be taxed at the luxury yachts with a fee that goes from 10 to 13%.
Accommodation
Save on pensions between 0.25 to 0.50% of GDP in 2015 and 1% from 2016 onwards, gradually cutting the baby pensions (creating disincentives) and raising the retirement age to 67 by 2022. In detail the age increased to 67 years by 2022 and who retire early will lose 10% of the due and not more 6% last year. The allowance Ekas for minimum will be eliminated from 2019 at least 20% of pensioners with higher income from 2016. They increase the health benefits for retirees from 4% to 6%.
Privatization
It privatize regional airports (in pole position of the German Fraport Frankfurt), the old Hellenikon airport (Qatar is concerned), the ports of Thessaloniki and Piraeus (the waiting list are the Chinese Cosco). The shares still held by the government of OTE, the telecommunications giant already in hand in the majority of the Germans will have to rise to the privatization agency. Stay out of the Gods, the monopolist electricity.
The primary surplus
The stalemate in negotiations has pushed up the cost of the recovery plan. Now there is talk of 13 billion euro with a primary surplus of 1, 2, 3 and 3.5% from 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019. The value of the new reform plan. The plan would then have a higher consistency than previously assumed, because of the deterioration of the Greek economy, which came back into recession. Measures to 8 billion euro that Greece had budgeted for 2015 and 2016 will be increased by 2.5 billion euro per year, for a total of 13 billion in two years. The greek government estimate for a recession this year amounted to about 3%, compared to the expected growth of 0.5%, frustrated by months of uncertainty and almost two weeks of measures to control capital. The premier greek Tsipras did have advance plan to representatives of the Greek parties To Potami, Nea Dimokratia and PASOK before handing it to the creditors.
Minimum wage and collective agreements
All this thorny dossier (Syriza wants to increase the minimum salrio to 751 euro, will be postponed to autumn. The greek government would abolish the law passed by the previous government Samaras that allows collective dismissals. Tsipras wants to reintroduce the national collective bargaining today reserved at company level only.
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