Answering a relevant question, Pavlos Marinakis stated during the briefing of political editors that the measures for motor fuels will be announced on September 30, as happens every time, with the difference that this time they will concern the next fortnight, due to the volatility in international oil prices.
As the government spokesperson noted, new announcements will be made on October 14, which will also include heating oil, as its distribution begins on October 15. At the same time, the picture of commercial interventions by the companies themselves will be shaped, so that citizens have a full picture, while, as he mentioned, the prime minister has already given the framework of the interventions.
In response to a question about the reduction of the Special Consumption Tax, Mr. Marinakis stressed that the government is in favor of reducing the Special Consumption Tax on fuels, noting however that every tax relief must be compatible with the country's fiscal capabilities. At the same time, he stated that both securing the necessary resources and the approval of the European Union for a special exemption from the spending ceilings are required.
“You reduce as many taxes as the public finances allow you to. There is no one in the government who does not want the Special Consumption Tax on fuels to be reduced”.
“There are two issues that if we do not raise them, we are not telling people the whole story as it is: The first issue is that this measure must be able to be financed. The Excise Duty brings 4 billion euros a year into the state coffers. The second is that because we have reached the spending ceilings, in order to take such an extraordinary measure, Europe must grant the exemption from the calculation of the spending ceilings” he stressed.