For a long second chance in the middle class, the Kostis Hatzidakison the occasion of bill of Ministry of Finance and national economy for private debt. As stated in a post on Facebook, ‘we give a big second chance to the middle class for setting up “red” private debt. With the arrangement we had presented when I was a finance minister and now filed by Kyriakos Pierrakakis In the House, the income perimeter of the debtor covered by the obligation of the adjustment of out -of -court mechanism. In this way, 85% of the debtors – who have so far expressed interest – will be able to practically be subject to automatic regulation! Without the State, banks and funds can refuse it. “
As he explains in the following, “This initiative comes in the wake of the reform we had promoted in December 2023 for the out -of -court mechanism. It was then that we first introduced the obligation to settle for our vulnerable fellow citizens and an additional haircut of up to 28% more for the debts regulated.
This has led to more than double the arrangements and regulated debts. From 2023 until the first quarter of 2025, more than 30,000 of our fellow citizens “tired” and settled in debt of about 11 billion euros. At the same time, non -performing loans to banks and services were limited to € 67 billion in the third quarter of 2024, from 92 billion. Euro in 2019. “
And, in this case, ‘improvements to out -of -court mechanism It is a social policy in practice! And I think it is one of the very important achievements of the government while I was in the Ministry of National Economy and Finance. I sincerely expect to see what the opposition’s attitude will be for this new positive initiative for our debt. Because in December 2023, SYRIZA and PASOK had voted against. Will they repeat the same mistake now? “The government’s vice president wonders.
