Ruling SYRIZA party’s Parliamentary group on Tuesday quickly moved to remove a draft amendment, proposed by more than a dozen of its MPs last week, which would have prohibited mini markets in the country from selling cigarettes and tobacco products.
Ruling SYRIZA party’s Parliamentary group on Tuesday quickly moved to remove a draft amendment, proposed by more than a dozen of its MPs last week, which would have prohibited mini markets in the country from selling cigarettes and tobacco products.
Had the amendment remained in draft legislation for a revised framework in distributing and selling tobacco products, street-side kiosks would have retained a monopoly on the sale of cigarettes in Greece.
Although not stated, reactions by small shop owners to such a prospect would have been furious, given that they already “compete” with gangs trafficking in bootleg tobacco products.