According to reporting by journalist Yannis Kandelis, government aides submitted recommendations for substantial tax policy changes in the weeks preceding the Prime Minister's trip to the northern city for the annual trade fair. The proposed measures would have involved either adjustments to value-added tax or special consumption levies. Such changes would have had immediate and visible consequences for ordinary citizens' household finances. However, these recommendations were ultimately rejected before being implemented. The decision to set aside these proposals suggests deliberation over the timing and scope of any major fiscal policy shifts.