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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-01-29
CONTENTS
[01] 'We must be prudent so that the state coffers are always full,'
Alternate FinMin Mardas says
[01] 'We must be prudent so that the state coffers are always full,'
Alternate FinMin Mardas says
ANA/MPA---Our responsibility is the "state coffers, therefore we must
be prudent so that they are always full," Alternate Finance Minister
Dimitris Mardas told ANA-MPA in an interview.
"The fact that there is money, there are resources that have not been
touched and there is still a great possibility to cut some spending
related to state procurement...we have all those possibilities. Either by
improving taxes or improving spending, we can improve the budget figures,"
Mardas noted.
Regarding fuel smuggling – an issue Mardas as a professor at the
Aristotle University dealt with in the past – he said: "There
are already announcements. Mr. Sourlas has made a thorough study on
the issue. Considering statements by Sourlas as well as by former
government officials, one can ascertain that at least 1 billion euros
can be saved. The study we made was a policy measures study…We have
proposed a set of policy measures which we will implement. We have no
other choice. There is a pledge by the prime minister on this issue and
his position was particularly clear."
The full audio interview is available for subscribers at the ANA-MPA
website.
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