Key interview points of PASOK-Movement for Change parliamentary spokesman Michalis Katrinis in Athens 9.84Referring to national issues and Greek-Turkish relations, Michalis Katrinis said: PASOK does not accept discounts on national issues.

The government, however, is following the logic of complacency in trying to convince us that the Prime Minister's diplomatic policy is bearing fruit. Unfortunately, from the result we see that there is no substantial improvement in our relations with Turkey, which in fact continues to provoke by questioning both our sovereign rights and our long-standing national positions, even proceeding to moves that offend our religious conscience, and I refer to the conversion of the Monastery of Chora into a mosque. Regarding the issue of accuracy, the parliamentary spokesman said: "For at least two years, the government's argument has been that accuracy is imported, until the prime minister himself admits that in Greece accuracy is higher than expected. Besides, the narrative about imported prices is automatically refuted, when in other European countries food inflation decreases while in Greece it rises having reached three times higher than in the eurozone. All this was experienced even more by citizens during the Easter period. So something is wrong here. Either some people profit with the tolerance of the government, or the government does not have the mechanisms and the will to control and combat profiteering. While Mr. Skrekas uttered thick words in Parliament, citizens were left defenseless at the supermarket checkout. So instead of members of the government making statements, they should listen to the opposition's proposals. PASOK has been calling for a reduction in VAT on food for two years, a measure that was implemented in countries such as Portugal, Spain, Poland and Cyprus and led directly to a reduction in prices. PASOK calls for a strong consumer authority that can intervene in profiteering phenomena and finally support low-income pensioners with the reinstatement of EKAS, since they are trying to survive on 300 euros a month.Referring to the granting of the Golden Visa, the parliamentary spokesman stressed: PASOK had pointed out from the beginning the problem that exists in high house prices, especially in large urban centers. The Golden Visa makes the situation more difficult, since buyers rent the properties in the form of short-term leases, which leads to a spike in rents, which in Attica have increased by 30% in one year. It was PASOK that demanded the abolition of the Golden Visa, it was PASOK that demanded and succeeded in preventing buyers of properties with Golden Visa from renting them out in the form of Airbnb. PASOK has put forward specific proposals that have been successfully implemented in other countries such as social housing, incentives for owners to renovate properties and make them available for rent at low prices. In the Municipality of Athens alone there are over 150,000 closed properties. We will persevere until this problem that afflicts citizens, especially young people, is finally resolved.