Our greatest enemy at the ballot box is complacency, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview on Mega TV on Thursday, and that sense that the electoral result is already set, ANA reports.
“Nothing should be taken for granted. The result of the first round [on May 21] provides us with a good indication of how the voters will lean in the June 25 elections. I will be happy if participation rises,” Mitsotakis noted.
The ND leader clarified that there will be no new tax hike under his party’s second term, but further decreases instead. “My goal is to examine permanent reductions in VAT toward the end of the four-year term,” he underlined, turning down the main opposition’s price reduction proposals. “If the economy is effective, I believe it will be a feasible target in the second half of the four-year term,” Mitsotakis added.
Speaking about the recognition of the academic status of private universities, the discussion to change the Constitution’s Article 16 will open in 2025. “Universities can be private as well, on condition that the state keeps strict control. I will insist on this very much. They will have high credentials. But my focus will be on public universities,” he said, adding that Greece is beginning to become a center of training.
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