Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001242/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos (NI)
The health situation in Greece remains explosive, with the ongoing degradation of the public system, the commercialisation of its services, long waits for appointments, staff shortages, 24 % of the population unable to cover medical needs due to costs and private health spending reaching 33 %. This tragic situation is evident throughout Europe. These are the consequences of the criminal cost-benefit policy based on EU guidelines, which in Greece are being implemented by the New Democracy Government following on from the previous SYRIZA-PASOK Governments.
In Greece, with the implementation of the unacceptable measure of afternoon surgeries – the legitimisation of the traditional ‘little sweetener’ – the cost that ordinary households are being asked to pay out of their pockets has sky-rocketed.
In light of the above:
- 1.What is the Commission’s position on the fact that, under the ‘Prevention Programme’ in Greece, the Recovery Fund is subsidising groups for carrying out analyses and tests, for which – due to the miserable state of the public health system – those who are ultimately diagnosed positively are asked to put their hands in their pockets and expand the clientele of health marketers?
- 2.What is the Commission’s position on the fact that, while private health groups are breaking one profitability record after another, 20 % of households across Europe, according to the World Health Organization, are experiencing catastrophic health spending, while their disposable income has stagnated and – to put it more accurately – actually shrunk?
Submitted: 25.3.2025