Main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras ruled out any collaboration after the elections with PASOK, newly-founded KIDISO or To Potami and said that if his party did not garner enough votes to form a government it was open to collaboration with anyone accepting its Thessaloniki platform with the exception of forces “that led the country to its catastrophe.” In an interview to private ANT-1, Tsipras said his intention was “not to divide Greeks but to unite them, but we need the absolute majority in the next Parliament” because the party’s main enemy is not a particular party leader as it was “a system of interwoven interests between the economic and political powers, a status quo that ruled Greece all these years.” In terms of taxation, lower and middle-class levels of society would have lighter taxes, while others would face higher taxes. “Some are right to be scared. You know who they are? These are the tax dodgers and illegals, those who have very high incomes,” Tsipras said, adding that his party would extend the taxation base and not increase tax rates. Among other things, he noted, the newly-founded unified real estate tax (ENFIA) would be abolished, there would be a tax exemption of 12,000 euros in annual income whether someone is an independent business person/freelancer or a farmer, and private investments would occur as soon as the Greek economy regained its stability and there are public investments. (source: ana-mpa)
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