Chairing a scheduled cabinet session on Wednesday morning at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that toll rates in Attki Odos Motorway would be cut to €2.50 from the current €2.50 starting from October 6th.
The agenda focused primarily on citizens’ everyday concerns, such as improving mass transport, tackling rising prices, and battling domestic violence.
Mitsotakis claimed the average food costs in Greece had declined compared to the rest of Europe, adding that the downward trend was even higher when excluding the disproportionate impact of the high price of olive oil.
Referring to the cost of school items ahead of the schools opening in September, the Greek premier said he was pleased to notice that many supermarket chains had notably lower prices than last year.
“Household expenses will not be disproportionately burdened this year. To avoid any misunderstanding, we’ve said this many times. No one is saying that prices haven’t risen in our country in recent years. What we’re saying is that we are resisting, and things will gradually get better,” he underlined.
The PM said that his government was realizing its plans step by step despite the adversities it was facing. “I would like to remind you of our 4-year plan. We have covered one of the four years ahead of us,” emphasizing that these steps would add up to great leaps and benefits for the citizens.
The Prime Minister made mention of the mass transport projects underway across the country. Highlighting the importance of transparency in completing the works, he alluded to the online government platform providing detailed information on all the projects being implemented across the country, totaling over one million.
Remarking on the daily lives of citizens, and his recent visit to the OASA depot in East Attica, he said new urban buses were already on the roads of East Attica, with more expected in West Attica. “I want to remind everyone that strengthening public transportation is a central priority for us. We will have a total of 950 new buses on the roads of Athens and Thessaloniki by the summer of 2025.”
Finally, Kyriakos Mitsotakis touched on a new bill tabled by the Ministry of Justice, which he said adds new tools to the judicial arsenal for combating domestic violence. “I want to commend the great effort made by the relevant Ministries in this area and the Ministry of Citizen Protection,” he noted, adding that the state would effectively stand by women who showed the courage to come forward and report such incidents.
