An amendment bringing the Hellenic Post Offices (ELTA) up to speed with current practices internationally to focus on parcel post services is being tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, with debate and voting scheduled for Wednesday’s plenary session, ANA reports.
Digital Governance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis briefed the Parliament’s Economic Affairs Committee about the amendment, which is appended to a draft bill on fighting illegal trade. He presented the plan as transforming ELTA to a universal provider with a competitive profile and cited the example of Denmark which inspired the Greek plans and which was adopted by Ireland and Norway.
The main issue is to streamline the post office’s finances, he noted. “A few months ago, ELTA had a monthly deficit of 7.2 million euros, which its directors have managed to limit to 4.7 million euros a month. Wage expenditure is currently 67 percent of the entire organization, something that must obviously change. In addition, the company’s digital transformation has not moved forward and this does not allow the company – especially after the rise in courier traffic – to create economies of scale,” Pierrakakis said.
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