Galery

1

1. The preparation of the Medium-term programme that will include new measures for the period 2013 – 2014 to the amount of 11.5 billion euro coming from reduction in spending and 3 billion euro from the fight against tax evasion. If there is an extension of the term by one or two years, then the annual goals will be reduced from 5.75 billion euro to 3.5 or 2.8 billion euro respectively.

2. Accelerating the privatization. In June the procedures had to start for the privatization of many state enterprises, such as the state gas operators DEPA and DESFA, the oil refinery HELPE, the state lottery OPAP, the two state water companies EYATH and EYDAP and the former radio-television centre built for covering the Olympic Games in 2004, IBC.

3. Tax reform, whose aim is the elimination of remaining tax benefits, and the elimination of the reduced VAT rates for the border islands of the Aegean Sea.

4. Liberalization of all professions having in mind that for the professions for which it is considered necessary to undo the restrictions, this should be done by a law in June.

5. By the end of June reforms should be implemented to eliminate the overdue debt and deficits in the social security funds.

6. Reduction by 12% of staff remuneration in the special payroll tables, such as for uniformed officers, university teachers, the judiciary, musicians, etc., which should enter into force on the 1^st of July 2012. The aim is to save 205 million euro by the end of 2012 and 410 million euro annually from 2013 onwards.

7. New measures for the further optimization of the pharmaceutical expenditures and operating costs of hospitals as well as the determination of monetary benefits.

8. Combining the debts under tax and social security legislation aimed at unified supervision and control.

9. Reducing the number of public sector employees. In 2012, 15 000 people  must pass in the labour reserve, and by 2015 civil servants should be reduced by 150 000. The government will ask for no redundancies.