A new landscape is formed for their pensioners of the country after yesterday’s (6.9.25) announcements by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis from her step TIF.
Mr. Mitsotakis announced the gradual abolition of personal difference for pensioners in 2026 – 2027.
Specifically, the prime minister announced that the personal difference would be reduced to 50% by 2026, and will be eliminated by 2027.
This is a key change in the insurance system, as the personal difference introduced by Katrougalos’s law (2016) was a bob for almost 10 years for hundreds of thousands of pensioners, excluding them from the increases given to the “new” pensioners (20).
The forthcoming abolition of personal difference (from 2027) ends in practice the distinction between “old” (those who came to the pension before May 13, 2016) and “new” pensioners.
In the practical part of the Mitsotakis announcement yesterday, it is noted that The reduction in personal difference to 50% does not make the retirees of the increase in which will be given on 1 January 2026.
But it makes them Beneficiaries of the increase to be given on 1 January 2027.
By otherwise, It is recalled that the permanent allowance of EUR 250 for retirees with income and property criteria will be paid in November 2025 (and will be paid in November). This was not announced any change (eg, enlargement of beneficiaries), as predicted by various scenarios that had leaked the previous days.
In more detail, beneficiaries are Those who were paid to the main pension of old -age or death in the month of September of each year of reference (private and public pensioners, military, etc.), but under the age of age: they have reached the age of 65 on December 31 of the year. In particular for the year 2025, beneficiaries will be those who have reached the age of 65 in 2024 (born up to 31-12-1959).
Also cumulative must apply:
- The annual total family income of the beneficiary, regardless of the source of origin, taxable and exempt, real and imputed, does not exceed EUR 14,000 for the unmarried and € 26,000 for the married or part of the previous tax year.
- The total value of the real estate of the debtor, spouse or part of a cohabitation and dependent children not exceeding, on the basis of the Act of Administrative Determination of ENFIA of each reference year, the amount of EUR 200,000 for the unmarried and EUR 300,000 for the married or part of a cohabitation.