"Efforts are made to pay the remaining 50% of retrospectives to uniforms"

Efforts are underway to start paying the remaining 50% of retrospectives in the coming months, said Deputy Minister of Defense Fotis Kouvelis in an interview with Eleftheria newspaper in Larissa. At the same time, he noted that "in the last three years, 50% of the retrospectives have been paid for uniforms, as stipulated by the CoE decision" and stressed that "the government reinstates an injustice suffered by a category of workers people, under extremely difficult conditions. "He also noted that" the government has never made the reduction of wages towards uniforms since 2015. "

With regard to the Prespa agreement, Mr. Kouvelis said that it would be "politically unwise to refer to policies as the situation in the former Yugoslav Republic unfolds. of Macedonia and, more importantly, to indicate – directly or indirectly – to the political leaders of the neighboring country what they should do. " He reiterated that "the government of today will ratify the agreement with the neighboring country and more votes than those of the SYRIZA parliamentary force". He stressed that "my co-operation with Mr. Kammenos in the Ministry of National Defense is harmonious, within the framework of the general policy of the Government and in particular that concerning the armed forces and their defense."

M. Kouvelis observed that "leaving the memoranda allows us to implement and implement our development plan with a fair and progressive sign that will serve the human, the needs and the rights

Referring to the course of Social Democracy, Mr. Kouvelis stressed that in Europe and Greece he must stop adopting it with the forces of neoliberalism, stressing that the need to build the progressive pole is now necessary as always. "Progressive politics is the one that shapes cohesion and the dynamics of rallying," he said, while at the same time he stressed that "the indispensable self-criticism of the center-left forces for the sake of to move towards the forces of neo-liberalism was a necessary condition for the convergence of the left with social democracy. ", that" political and social alliances and configurations at the level of local societies can be formulated for the implementation of progressive policies, provided that the political and political convergence is honest and "

Asked how" the hard line of opposition of ND is affected by the creation of the new conservative party on his right (Baltakos – D. Kammenos), "Kouvelis noted that" by the oppositional opposition of a rhetoric of the far right and practice gives a vital space to flourish political initiatives on his right. The ND has a huge responsibility because it tries to move the central political axis in conservative and reactionary directions.

Finally, the Deputy Secretary of Defense, in response to a relevant question, ruled out the possibility of a post-election coalition between ND and SYRIZA. Greece's Memo-Hellenic needs collaborations that guarantee the implementation of policies with a mix and content totally different from those that led the country to crisis, debadd any productive process ND does not divide us only starting points ideological and completely different political choices. But also a fundamental difference. The left and SYRIZA have demonstrated in three and a half years of their domination – they are not interested in the power of power. They do not produce. These are foreign customers and relationships with parts of the economic elite. In light of all the above, I do not even think much more or ask for post-election cooperation with the forces of neoliberalism "