The polls before the package of measures but with Tsipras and Maria as president, Kovessi, the ministers and Popi (in her position), the no to extraordinary taxation ///

-Hello, arsenic expected, Mitsotakis yesterday, taking vantage of the 2026 surplus, delivered a coagulated bundle of measures, thoroughly worked retired by the economical team, namely Pierrakakis and Petralias, and of people helium made a beardown impression. In fact, if K.M had fto them hole a few… far-fetched things that existed successful the taxation of freelancers (e.g. those who are connected taxisnet not being taxable to imputed income criteria), it would person been adjacent better. I’m told they volition look astatine it later, that is from autumn astatine the Thessaloniki International Fair. I deliberation the strongest measurement of each is the 72 installments due to the fact that it genuinely gives you the quality to amended settee your debts, though afterwards the involvement “eats you up.” In immoderate case, the government’s quality to present a beardown economical bundle each six months “gives it breathing room” to tidy up its missteps and mistakes from clip to time. Money is ever money, conscionable arsenic is the content Mitsotakis creates that helium knows what he’s doing successful the basics of governing the country, successful the system and defense.

Poll (before the package)
-Yesterday I wrote to you astir immoderate archetypal scattered figures I had from polls, but today, since I spoke with my source, I tin beryllium much specific. So, according to these—and measured earlier the announcement of yesterday’s favorable measures—ND is losing (or was losing) 1.5 points and PASOK was gaining one, but… The “but” is that informally (since nary parties person been officially announced), citizens are present besides being asked astir Tsipras and Karystianou. I privation your attraction here: if those who accidental “I mightiness vote” for Karystianou are counted, small Maria comes 2nd and Alexis (ours) third, adjacent to Nikos A. If those who accidental “I volition decidedly vote” are counted, past Alexis comes second, Maria 3rd and Nikos steadily fourth. The ratio successful the “definitely volition vote” betwixt Tsipras and Karystianou is 70-30 successful favour of Alexis. My root told maine they volition measurement again from contiguous aft the measures to spot astatine Maximos what effect the wealth has…

What the absorption groups show
-The aforesaid root of excavation who work the absorption groups (qualitative research) that the authorities received earlier getting the quantitative information moving these days explained immoderate things to me. They told maine that wrong the governmental assemblage determination is simply a group, chiefly citizens who person voted ND but person present drifted away, who are watching the government’s activity, person not taken a last “divorce” from ND and are peculiarly funny successful economical measures and their livelihood. This possibly explains Mitsotakis’ insistence connected taking measures that are horizontal but present particularly interest the mediate class, families with children and pensioners, who are mostly “good” audiences for ND. Obviously, my root said, these citizens are besides affected by ungraded speech and the wide atmosphere, but they judge the authorities indispensable flooded it and find solutions to mundane issues.

Kovessi, ministers
-Yesterday Kovessi met with the 3 ministers liable for matters related to her work, Floridis, Chrysochoidis and Pierrakakis; to the second she adjacent brought immoderate chocolates—I didn’t larn whether she brought immoderate to the different two. The astir absorbing treatment was probably, owed to the taxable matter, with Floridis, who told her outright that Mitsotakis “does not recognize the leaks to the property astir ministers arsenic good arsenic the piecemeal sending of lawsuit files.” In plain Greek, Floridis told her—and soon aft Chrysochoidis too—that with their tactics the prosecutors are intervening successful the country’s governmental life. When for six months you leak accusation astir politicians and “slice up” lawsuit files into portions of atrocious publicity, what other are you doing, really? Now what did Kovessi reply? We learned that she promised to velocity things up and wrapper up the pending cases concerning OPEKEPE, but don’t instrumentality it arsenic a given, due to the fact that arsenic is known, a authoritative ne'er rather gives you their hand.

The gathering with Pierrakakis astatine AADE
-Many of those who saw the photos from yesterday’s gathering betwixt Kyriakos Pierrakakis and Laura Kovessi were puzzled that it did not instrumentality spot astatine the Ministry of Finance. However, yesterday’s property league and the… indispensable logistics led to the determination for the “meeting” with the European Prosecutor to beryllium acceptable astatine AADE offices. Let’s not hide that Giorgos Pitsilis’ “headquarters” had besides been chosen for Kovessi’s erstwhile visit. As for the substance of the meeting, it focused connected customs, whose upgrade Pierrakakis described arsenic a “success story.” I besides larn that the Ministry of Finance squad had prepared a precise elaborate presentation, which near Kovessi and her associates afloat satisfied.

Popi and the different 2 prosecutors remain
-As for whether Popi Papandreou and the different 2 prosecutors—whose word renewal was requested by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office from the Supreme Judicial Council—will stay successful their positions, the reply is yes, they volition remain. I’m telling you this reliably.

Lifting of immunity: the tempest that became calm seas
-There was a batch of speech astir the ballot connected lifting the immunity of the “13” ND MPs successful Parliament and successful the extremity the tempest turned into implicit calm, arsenic the liftings passed by an overwhelming majority. Some were absent, immoderate had reservations, 1 voted against each of them, and successful the extremity everyone volition spell person java with the authoritative to spot what happens. Even Voridis, who had expressed beardown ineligible reservations, spot the slug and voted successful favor, putting guardant the governmental reasoning that the individuals nether probe themselves requested the lifting of their immunity. Of course, determination volition beryllium a treatment connected the substance successful ND’s Parliamentary Group, which is theoretically to instrumentality spot adjacent Thursday, but let’s see…

The unruly Stelios and the absent-minded Miltos
-In yesterday’s ballot ND recorded 3 abstentions. One was Petsas, who has started taking crisp stances connected each issue, thing similar the person of the unruly. On the Makarios contented it worked for him, connected the MPs contented it didn’t. Another was the Messenia MP Miltos Chrysomallis, who is mostly missing successful enactment and… drifting away, pursuing the illustration of his governmental mentor and adjacent person Antonis Samaras, who besides did not look to vote. Also, among those nether investigation, Mitarakis did not vote, saying to an interlocutor that helium finds it improper to ballot connected a lawsuit record that mentions him.

The Greek-French declaration connected atomic matters
-I wrote to you yesterday successful item astir Macron’s programme successful Athens; present fto maine springiness you immoderate quality astir the agreements to beryllium signed connected Saturday. I’m told that Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos volition motion a declaration of intent with the French Minister of Economy and Industry for practice betwixt the 2 sides successful the tract of atomic technology. It volition instrumentality spot connected Saturday astatine noon during a bilateral gathering and volition fundamentally travel the Prime Minister’s information successful the Paris acme connected atomic vigor past March. This declaration volition interest establishing practice betwixt the 2 countries successful atomic technology, with accent connected probe and innovation, atomic safety, and education!