Greek government included in the program of privatization of state enterprises nineteen, of which seven companies and twelve ports.
In particular, the country will come from the capital of the electricity group DEI and the oil company Hellenic Petroleum. Also privatized state postal service ELTA, and Corporation for lottery OPAP. In addition, the Greek government auctioned major ports.
In April, the government announced that by 2013 will be a large-scale privatization of assets, which will supplement the budget of the country to the fifty billion. Sale of state property is the need to generate additional revenue and the debt crisis in the country.
Today, only two billion euros to Athens managed to sell assets. Antonis Samaras, the Greek Prime Minister said that the country needs a major expansion of the privatization program.
In connection with the Greek government debt are forced to save money, and to find additional revenue. For example, President Karolos Papoulias asked the Finance Ministry to reduce the salary and pension. According to him, all the former presidents to reduce pensions and thus save annually 350,000 euros a year. 07.09.12, Ministry of Finance was also asked to limit the size of the public sector employees income in 1900 euros per month and in budget organizations once again pay cut.