Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Sunday, the last day before a major religious holiday in the country – Shrove or Clean Monday – pointed to a looming third consecutive hike in the minimum monthly wage enacted by his government, a clear indication that the pre-election season is slowly heating up in the east Mediterranean country.
Mitsotakis retains the sole mandate of declaring general elections in country, which must be held in the first half of 2023, as his government’s tenure runs out after the four-year term began in July 2019.
Taking to Facebook, he also cited surging FDIs funneled into Greece after 2019.
“I have promised that we’ll continue and take advantage of every moment to proceed to actions that will make a difference in citizens’ lives, and for this I will continue to speak to you until the last day of the government’s term”, he wrote.
Among others, he cited a major investment by Amazon in the country, a digital transformation of the Cyclades island of Naxos, and a very recent 200-million-euro investment announced Philip Morris International in the country, which is billed as creating 300 new jobs.
He made the statements while on a tour of the central Thessaly province, the latest stop on what’s essentially a campaign-style itinerary, although the exact date of a general election has still not been announced.
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