Development minister pledges to stamp down on rising prices

Regional development minister Michalis Chryssohoidis pledged to stamp down on rising prices and expensiveness on the market, in an interview in To Vima newspaper appearing on Sunday, while he reiterated that there will be price reductions by Christmas despite a rise in fuel prices.

Chryssohoidis backed the changes being made by the government, but added that in specific sectors “special attention is necessary to avoid social tension”.

He added that more self-criticism is needed “by those who led the country to this situation”, and also a more responsible stance from here on.

The minister further said that growth cannot be achieved only through providing liquidity. “The Greece of statism, easy growth and corruption is finished. The Greece of the ‘bubble’ is finishing,” he said, stressing that restoration of confidence in the country is needed, first of all, and a change of the psychology on the market, through the creation of a sense of prospects.

Regarding the new development law, he said it is the beginning of an effort to re-start the developmental process.

“Our goal is to create 50,000 new, dynamic enterprises over the next two years,” Chryssohoidis said.