Georgios Katrougalos

Labour Minister George Katrougalos will brief the President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Monday regarding the social security reforms which are planned ahead of the negotiations with Greece’s lenders.

Mr. Katrougalos will meet with the political leaders in Parliament at 11:00 on Monday, while the meeting with Mr. Pavlopoulos has been scheduled for 18:00.

The government’s next steps were discussed during a meeting between ministers and associates, chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Sources state that Tsipras may call a meeting on Wednesday to discuss government planning. Issues focused upon during Tuesday’s meeting included the following:

Labour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos met with the representatives of the institutions on Thursday and presented the alternative plan of the Greek government   for the protection of “main pensions”, an issue that the government has drawn up as a red line.

European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Pierre Moscovici discussed with Greek Labour Minister George Katrougalos about the opension and labour market reforms issues prior the Eurogroup meeting scheduled to start in a few hours in Brussels.

The gοvernment aims to form a just and sustainable social security system without further pension cuts, Labour Minister George Katrougalos said during his meeting with the president of EU Labour Ministers Council Nicolas Schmit on Tuesday.

He stressed that it is not only a national guideline but a national need.

Labour Minister Giorgos Katrougalos met on Thursday with ILO general director Gay  Guy Ryder.

Their talks focused on labour relations and Katrougalos thanked Mr. Ryder for the support of ILO towards Greece during the memoranda period and on labour issues such as collective contracts and mass layoffs.

The government council on the social security system is expected to unveil its new social policy over the coming days.

Former citizens protection minister Giannis Panousis spoke about government members linked directly to the terrorist group known as Conspiracy of Cells of Fire organization.

Responding to a reporter’s question on private SKAI TV channel, he talked about “weird coincidences”, referring to the comments made by both Cell of Fires and government ministers regarding his claims.

Former citizens protection minister Giannis Panousis exposition concerning Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) members involvement with terrorist groups has caused panic following his interview with Proto Thema newspaper over  the weekend and subsequent visit to the Supreme Court Prosecutor’s office on Monday.

The Policy Secretariat of SYRIZA is being briefed by Minister of Labour Giorgos Katrougalos on his alternative plan for the insurance issue.

According to what Mr. Katrougalos suggests, the basic pension would be at 384 euros, instead of 390 that it was originally announced. The contributory part of social security contributions will be added on that amount.