Athens Chamber of Commerce asks for a an agreement
The Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EVEA) president Constantine Mihalos on Tuesday stressed the need for an agreement and decent compromise as soon as possible.
Mihalos, who was speaking at the Athens Investment Forum, organised by the Union of Listed Companies, warned about the risk of the sudden death of thousands of companies if there are further delays.
"We are asking for a compromise and not a rupture that would lead 80 percent of Greeks below the poverty line while causing medicine and fuel shortages", Mihalos said and called on the partners to address the Greek crisis in a more rational way.
"We do not have a four-year period ahead of us, we have today and tomorrow," Alternate Minister for the Environment Yiannis Tsironis said and stressed the need for a stable tax and licensing framework, consistency in land use and the completion of the national cadastre, which as he said, are the government's priorities.
On his part, the president of the Union of Listed Companies Panagiotis Drakos asked for generous pay rises based on meritocracy as well as granting more responsibilities to public sector employees.
He pointed out that businesses are not asking for incentives and tax reliefs, but for a stable tax system. We are not far from growth, he noted, but the cabinet will not decide on which sectors will develop.
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