"High prices go through their cycle and, like the flu, they pass."- claims the fatalistic Greek Finance Ministry

“High prices go through a cycle and, like the flu, they pass,” said Greek Finance Minister Costis Hatzidakis, proving his ignorance of the flu cycles that come and go every October and pass every May.

He insisted that the phenomenon of high prices in the country was receding and was comparable to the natural cycle of life without human intervention. “This phenomenon is declining not because of our actions, but because it goes through its cycle, like the flu. The phenomenon will fade, and everything will return to normal. Of course, they will not return to what it was before.”he said.

“We have responded as a government, on average our inflation is lower than the EU average. We are not miracle workers to change the picture from one moment to the next. The problem of high prices is a common problem that is receding,” – he said.

He repeated the government's usual position: high prices began with the outbreak of the war in Ukraine – although Greeks have always paid high prices for basic goods such as milk. Other “pearls” of Hatzidakis:

• High prices go around in circles and go away, making their rounds, and there's nothing we can do.
• We have the biggest inflation correction in all of Europe. We are dealing with it with wage increases and other measures such as benefits – he is referring to the extra 200 euros Christmas gift for vulnerable groups in society.
• The government shares the pain of the people because it comes from the people.
• Measures to be announced by Prime Minister at TIF [Международная ярмарка в Салониках]will bring relief to the people.
• The government has a philosophy and policies that work.
• This government is not afraid, and that is why it serves Greece.

Existing with a similar romantic and fatalistic approach to life, the 59-year-old minister Kostis Hatzidakisa Kent University graduate who has served New Democracy faithfully all his adult life, has taken up such an important post in the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. However, compared to Adonis Georgiadis, he still looks okay…

We must give credit to Kyriakos Mitsotakis, he knows how to select a team of professionals liars politicians.

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