In a billion euros is valued for their civil servants The overall benefit of the government’s economic policy and the permanent measures announced at the TIF, as the Minister of Finance said, said. Kyriakos Pierrakakis.
“In 2026, civil servants will see this amount in their accounts in total,” Mr Pierrakakis said, speaking to Kontra Channel, explaining that this benefit would come from:
- • Increases in armed forces and security forcescosts 240 million euros
- • The increase in the minimum wage which in turn leads to an increase in all civil servants’ salaries, costing € 360 million.
- • Reduction of tax rates for civil servants, costing EUR 400 million
“The cost from the implementation of the 13th salary would be € 1.35 billion and we give 1 billion euros,” Mr Pierrakakis said, explaining that “when we say we reduce direct taxes, this concerns civil servants, private employees, freelancers, pensioners. It concerns the whole society from which you remove weights. “
Mr Pierrakakis made it clear that “the government’s political choice is to support available disposable income”, referring to “the greatest reduction of taxes ever made”. As he explained, “We did a reform: we have changed the way the tax system operates in Greece and this will apply from New Year’s.”
Asked about the Swedish model who temporarily reduced VAT on food, Mr Pierrakakis replied that “Sweden does not take permanent measures, what they have announced is a temporary measure. Our measures, what we have announced to the TIF, are permanently. ”
At the same time he criticized the PASOK On his proposals by saying that “he proposes a total measures of € 5.76 billion equivalent to 2 additional ENFIA taxes. That is, we would pay 3 ENFIA. The opposition lives in augmented reality. “