«The measures announced by the government for the banks are a huge mockery, firstly because they concern some minimal reductions in some supplies and secondly because they do not address either the serious issue of over-indebted households or the “hot” problem of auctions that threaten thousands of popular families,» the KKE said in a statement.
«The main thing is that the government leaves the huge profits of the banks untouched, which are due, among other things, to the unaffordable conditions on people's loans, the relationship between interest rates on loans and deposits, the mandatory use of banks as a means of electronic payment, the huge charges to SMEs. As for the contribution of 100 million for schools, apart from its voluntary character, it is a “drop in the ocean” of the billions of profits that the banking sector is recording from the exploitation of the popular strata through the policy implemented by all governments», the KKE points out and concludes:
«Among other things, the role of the consensual and useful for the system opposition of PASOK and SYRIZA was once again highlighted. Since their proposals are ’priced“ according to the profitability of capital and the EU's guidelines, resulting in ”crumbs“ for the people's households, all they do is to give a ”helping hand“ to the government and Mitsotakis, who appear supposedly generous with the same ”crumbs“.
