Everlasting measures to help the center class in taxation and vitality have been introduced right now by the President of DISY, Annita Dimitriou.
“The developments in our area are dramatic. It’s apparent that within the Center East we’re getting into a interval with unknown penalties for the world, Europe and particularly for our area: geopolitical, social and financial penalties. Our nation is immediately affected by the occasions… Nevertheless, if issues worsen, we will need to have an motion plan,” he stated, amongst different issues, earlier than presenting DISY's proposals.
He made it clear that we want everlasting insurance policies that particularly help the center class, with an emphasis on households with kids, in addition to small and medium-sized companies, and that DISY will not be in favor of constructing emergency measures everlasting, however in favor of other measures to help households and companies which have long-term profit for the financial system as a complete.
“Expertise has proven that gradual and cautious incentives, high-yield investments and focused tax aid don’t scale back authorities revenues, however result in their enhance,” he added. Beneath are the measures he proposes:
Tax aid and social coverage measures
No new tax burden on residents and companies ought to be imposed. As an alternative, we have now already proposed a focused tax break for middle-income households the place one partner is on a low wage.
We additionally consider {that a} focused enchancment of the state's social coverage is required, with an emphasis on baby profit and scholar sponsorship. Extra particularly, it is strongly recommended:
– Enhance in help primarily for many who have two or extra kids.
– Enhance the earnings standards primarily based on the inflation of the final three years to help extra center earnings households.
Discount of vitality and gas prices in households and companies
Encouraging investments to save lots of vitality for houses and companies:
Particular emphasis should be given to outdated homes in addition to to small and medium-sized enterprises whose financial exercise is energy-intensive. Like for instance factories, manufacturing industries, vacationer models and so on.
On the identical time, particular planning is required to encourage vitality saving investments in outdated residences that can’t be favored right now. Incentives in homes and residences ought to be in keeping with the composition of the household as that is utterly linked to the extent of consumption.
Extra incentives for funding within the set up of photovoltaics with a higher emphasis on weak teams, households with kids and small and medium-sized enterprises with excessive consumption. Additionally particular planning is required for self-production by our farmers.
Decreasing forms and dashing up procedures for putting in photovoltaics. The instant zoning of areas for RES manufacturing can also be wanted, one thing that has been pending for years.
Enchancment of the “Photovoltaic for all” plan, with an emphasis on giant households in addition to for weak classes of the inhabitants, with the correct to reimbursement over a number of years as a substitute of a hard and fast quantity of €150 per two months. The “Photovoltaic for All” plan ought to actually be made for everybody and never for the few.
Encouraging funding in vitality storage
-To lastly proceed with the planning for a central storage system.
-Encourage vitality storage from present business RES techniques.
– New investments in business RES techniques should be accompanied by a minimal vitality storage.
– Incentives for vitality storage in excessive consumption companies.
– Fast and aggressive growth of the EAC grid to soak up extra inexperienced vitality.
– Better EAC penetration in RES and extra funding in vitality storage.
Discount of gas consumption in transport
-Additional encouragement this yr and within the coming years for the acquisition of electrical automobiles by households and companies. So far as households are involved, particular emphasis ought to be given to households with kids, with escalating help in keeping with the variety of kids.
-Speed up funding and incentives for public electrical car charging infrastructure, one thing we’re overdue.
-Incentives for the withdrawal of outdated and polluting automobiles. Along with electrical automobiles, we should always see transitional actions to be able to obtain a quicker discount within the consumption of standard fuels.
