The Member of Parliament SYRIZA PS. Π.Ε. Kozani Mr.. Kalliopi Vetta spoke in the Plenary Session of the Parliament on the bill of the Ministry of Development and Investment for the open trade.
Mrs.. Vetta initially referred to the role and importance of popular markets for consumers, especially in an age of rising prices and uncontrollable precision, while he mentioned the great acceptance of the institution by the Greek society.
Afterward, pointed out that farmers and producers, at a time when they are facing a catastrophic year- due to crop damage, the rise of raw materials and feed, the increase in diesel and electricity and the reduced Basic Aid;, they are faced with a bill that burdens them with bureaucratic burden, penalties and fines.
particularly, Mrs.. Vetta highlighted the problematic points of the bill regarding the sloppiness of legislation, the abolition of the license in the popular, the elimination of the provision of N. 4197 of 2017 for an obligation to make a license available to producers at a rate 50%, excluding producers and retailers from the decision-making process, the draconian penalties for tax offenses that apply only to public markets, while referring to the fact that there is no concern in the bill for food safety and the prevention of the Hellenization of products.
Summing up he mentioned: "Briefly, with this bill the popular ones are transformed into commercial markets, in order to shrink and dissolve them, producers come second, the fines violate the principle of proportionality and justice, while ensuring that markets are not accessible to consumers. "
Closing, the Member, after referring to the rejection of the bill by the vast majority of producers and their institutions that speak of a "tombstone" in the popular, pointed out the following: "Like at home, small and medium property, small and medium entrepreneurship, the government is trying to force a concentration, removing from the backbone of the Greek economy the means of production, work and perspective. In essence, The bill is another link in the above logic which finds the Greek society vertically opposite. "
