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Greece tackles 'greedflation' and wages war against high prices on basic food products
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12/01/2024
The Greek government has announced fresh measures to keep prices in check as it accuses businesses of taking advantage of high inflation.
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Lawmakers in Greece have introduced new measures aimed at tackling sky-high food prices, an
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issue that the government says is its number one priority. The state estimates that prices
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will begin to fall by spring, but some residents remain sceptical.
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"It's very expensive. You can't put it in your pocket. You spend 50 and in no time it
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goes away." "What do you think of the new measures announced
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by the government?" "We'll see. We'll see what happens."
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"I see good and bad. Here you go. 7 euros for vegetables. I'm not telling you anything
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else." "Do you think prices will fall now with the
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new measures introduced by the government?" "Look, I'm such a big woman that they never
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fell. Whatever goes up, never goes down." The Greek government says the measures will
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address unfair profiteering from inflated prices, which it says can be put down in part
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to global crises. "Increasing prices are the number one problem
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that all households face in our country and are the first priority of the government.
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The government has already taken a series of permanent and targeted measures that are
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aimed at strengthening citizens against prices."
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Greece is not a banana when Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' message to the international
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community was that inflation cannot be stopped. For this reason, the Greek government has
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moved to 4 measures for consumer protection. Two of these have a temporary nature, while
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the other two are permanent. The aim is to put a brake on the rapid increase in prices
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and on the profit-making. Yorgos Dimitropoulos, Athens, Euronews.
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