The Greek government has announced fresh measures to keep prices in check as it accuses businesses of taking advantage of high inflation.
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00:00 Lawmakers in Greece have introduced new measures aimed at tackling sky-high food prices, an
00:07 issue that the government says is its number one priority. The state estimates that prices
00:13 will begin to fall by spring, but some residents remain sceptical.
00:18 "It's very expensive. You can't put it in your pocket. You spend 50 and in no time it
00:27 goes away." "What do you think of the new measures announced
00:31 by the government?" "We'll see. We'll see what happens."
00:34 "I see good and bad. Here you go. 7 euros for vegetables. I'm not telling you anything
00:41 else." "Do you think prices will fall now with the
00:43 new measures introduced by the government?" "Look, I'm such a big woman that they never
00:47 fell. Whatever goes up, never goes down." The Greek government says the measures will
00:52 address unfair profiteering from inflated prices, which it says can be put down in part
00:58 to global crises. "Increasing prices are the number one problem
01:03 that all households face in our country and are the first priority of the government.
01:08 The government has already taken a series of permanent and targeted measures that are
01:14 aimed at strengthening citizens against prices."
01:18 Greece is not a banana when Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' message to the international
01:23 community was that inflation cannot be stopped. For this reason, the Greek government has
01:28 moved to 4 measures for consumer protection. Two of these have a temporary nature, while
01:34 the other two are permanent. The aim is to put a brake on the rapid increase in prices
01:38 and on the profit-making. Yorgos Dimitropoulos, Athens, Euronews.
01:42 Euronews.
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