In less than a year, MeRA25’s our parliamentary group has proven “your voice in parliament”
They have attended all parliamentary proceedings and articulated profound, substantive and creative opposition!
MeRA25’s parliamentary group has notably:
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Tabled more than 850 questions in the context of Parliamentary Control of the Government
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Submitted concrete proposals on a number of articles during the Amendment of the Constitution
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Tabled 20 amendments to legislative bills, including:
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Abolishing the prepayment of tax [businesses and freelance professionals must currently pay in advance 100% of next year’s estimated income tax]
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Rationalising the flat tax on property in favour of the weakest [one of the harshest austerity-inspired flat taxes, keeping in mind that home-ownership in Greece, at around 75%, is amongst the highest in the EU]
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Reducing VAT rates in Aegean islands [whose residents are de facto overburdened by high transport costs and limited access to state services due to geographic isolation],
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Proposing a subsidy for the elderly uninsured and protecting main residences and small businesses from foreclosures [a huge social issue, made worse by the government’s decision to allow off-shore predatory funds to purchase non-performing loans at large discounts, which in turn makes auctioning properties at prices well below the market profitable]
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In addition, MeRA25 has submitted:
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A comprehensive electoral law proposal, aiming at a more proportional, practical, smart, full and democratic electoral system, while the other parties where haggling around electoral bonuses [Under majority representation over the past decade, the party gaining the most votes is awarded a bonus of up to 50 seats in parliament, out of a total of 300].
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A comprehensive legislative proposal on the right to vote of Diaspora Greeks, while both the government and the main opposition where deceiving them [Diaspora Greeks amount to as much as 50% of Greece’s population and established parties covet their votes]
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A legislative proposal “Protection of Citizens from the Fallout of the Intensifying Economic Crisis” [in Greek] for public consultation, ahead of its formal submission to the Greek Parliament.
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