Samaras: The surplus came from the blood of the people and there it will return

We are going for elections in 2016 Premier Antonis Samaras said starting his speech to the parliamentary group of New Democracy, adding that the country has suffered and is suffering but now it emerges from recession.

"We kept the country in the euro and not leave it to crumble. Now with the primary surplus we will achieve most of the 18 points we had promised. We were attacked int the beginning when we talked about a primary surplus, but according to recent data, it will reach 1 billion euros."

Samaras also said that the top priority is reducing taxes and it will happen if the country reaches its targets.

"The surplus came from the blood of the Greek people and there it will return," he said, and referred to the unemployment speaking of a battle against it and that the funds of the NSRF will help more than 440,000.

Samaras noted the significant progress Greece has made on structural changes, and the trade surplus recorded for the first time in decades.

He also said that within a year and a half "we eliminated both deficits and increased competitiveness" and added that the competitiveness is burdened by the cost of energy, but we will soon have good news in this area. We turn to competitiveness and extroversion."

The PM acknowledged that in some areas the country has fallen behind. He mentioned privatizations as an example and stressed that the government will its accelerate efforts.

He once again attacked SYRIZA saying that it is trying to scare the investors. Privatizations, he said, mean that we take some debt from the backs of the Greek and bring investments that had never been made before.

He heralded corrective movements in the agricultural sector, saying there will be a special intervention for the overdue loans and for liquidity.

He also talked about tax evasion by saying that "we dealt a greater blow than ever before."

"We bring 800 million euros in the state coffers that are equivalent to 2.5 billion euros," he said, and talked about tackling corruption.