Let's start with a simple clarification for AKEL and Mavroyiannis' staff: the Eurobarometer they cite records the reactions and concerns of citizens. The statistics relied on by the government, which they choose to ignore, are solid scientific data, which cannot be overturned by aphorisms of electoral expediency.
If they read the data without blinders on, they would find that our country has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the whole of Europe.
If they read the data without blinders on, they would find that our country has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the whole of Europe. Currently at around 6% compared to 17% they delivered.
Cyprus is among the countries with the highest growth rates in Europe (6%), compared to a recession of 7% they delivered. And because their poor performance is paid for by their citizens, the at-risk-of-poverty rate in 2013 stood at 28%, while the latest available data now puts it at 17%.
The indicative figures we are reporting are not cold numbers.
Furthermore, if they read the recent Eurobarometer without blinders, they would find that the citizens' concern about increased product prices, to a greater or lesser extent, is spread throughout Europe with rates exceeding 90% in almost all cases!
In Italy, the concern is expressed by 98%, in Germany by 93%, in Belgium by 95% and so on.
And it makes perfect sense as we are living in one of the most turbulent periods in modern history since the Second World War.
Citizens want governance that will continue to provide security by addressing their concerns seriously, not with populism.
(PM/SX)
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