Truths and lies about construction

In raging fury, Giorgos Stasinos, president of the Technical Chamber of Greece, on Thursday intervened in the public debate to defend the incentives that the New Construction Regulation (NCR) offers contractors - it allows higher and larger buildings if these are "climate-friendly." In a statement of about 3,400 words, titled "18 truths and lies about the NCR's incentives," the head of the engineers' union in effect declared that the only people who should have a say in how our neighborhoods are shaped are the engineers who build according to their interpretation of the laws and Constitution. Citizens, mayors and the judiciary who dare to demand a say are described as "shouting" and as "Pharisees" (i.e. hypocrites). "It is time for us to say some truths: None of those who have been shouting about the height of buildings cares about the environment. They only care about serving...