The Parliament will be consulted on Friday on the reform proposals made in Brussels .
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Among these reform proposals, which were to be submitted before midnight Thursday (2200 GMT) in the EU , ECB and IMF, the Greek government plans to raise the VAT rate to 23% for catering, 13% for the hospitality industry. Athens also undertakes remove the exemptions from VAT in the Greek islands by the end of 2016.
Prime Minister also announced a higher taxes on corporations and for shipowners ; and a immediate increase in taxes on luxury goods and advertising on television . Alexis Tsipras also should boost privatizations , he had stopped arriving in power.
Pension Reforms and Public Service are also envisaged to increase government revenue, including the reduction of departures early retirements. Pension reform was among the stumbling blocks of points. The Prime Minister refused to touch it.
The government also proposes to reduce 300 million spending on defense, 201 by the end 6.
According to the text proposals published by the Greek government, Greece wants solution “to adjust” its huge public debt 180% of GDP, that a “package of 35 billion euros” devoted to growth .
These proposals will be “immediately” examined by creditors then submitted to ministers Saturday Finance Eurozone before an emergency summit of the 28 countries of the European Union convened Sunday in Brussels.
* The newspaper “Naftemporiki” put in verbatim online Greek proposal in its English version.
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