Public Power Corporation

The current government’s short-sighted policy regarding PPC turned a corporation with small profits into a loss-making one.

Until a few years ago, PPC’s pricing contributed to the competitiveness of the Greek economy. Its results were based on specific principles and good management which was universally recognised.

SYRIZA once screamed with righteous indignation when two university students in 2013 lost their lives - from a fire caused by a coal-burning heater as their electricity had been cut off – but no one was moved by the death yesterday of a 38-year-old man killed in a fire caused by candles

The government’s room for manoeuvre is limited if it wants to receive a tranche of about one billion euros from the profits of eurozone central banks on Greek bonds.