The proposal of Giorgos Papandreou for the hiring of young people without deductions for their insurance is at the center of the pre-election policy confrontation since yesterday. ND Political Planning and Programming Secretary Giorgos Souflias characterized Mr. Papandreou's proposals as pre-election exaggerated promises. “Mr. Papandreou's words to the young people are just an attempt to pull the wool over their eyes”, stated KKE Press Spokesperson Makis Mailis. The Coalition of the Left characterized the proposal as an insult towards the dignity of the unemployed. The number of listed unemployed in the Organization for the Employment of the Work Force lists, which reached 506,914 people in January, is not a safe record on the issue, stated organization Director I. Nikolaou.