Contrary to the perspective of resetting the 13th and 14th wage In the State, the Deputy Minister of Finance said, Nikos Papathanassisin an interview with Parapolitika 90.1.
“There is a debate on the 13th – 14th salary /pension obviously these cannot be backed by the country,” said Nikos Papathanassis, including central banker Yiannis Stournaras (17.3.2025).
Asked if the retroactive retirement is being considered to be given to all retirees that: “It’s too early, but what we need to see is that we have to be very careful with the country’s fiscal course because there is a debate on the 13th-14th salary /pension obviously that the country cannot support them. The costs for them is over 3 billion can not be lifted by the economy so there will be other measures that the economy can be lifted and these measures will be promptly rested and support the daily life of the citizen. “
He added that: “The prime minister has a fan of measures to decide. Our policy to reduce tax liabilities has been evident since 2019 and is also in the decisions that the prime minister will make. “
Reductions of tax and insurance contributions
Subsequently, referring to tax cuts and insurance contributions, he said: “The over -performance of the economy last year has resulted in a large sum of public investment program to have an increased program that returned to the daily life of the citizen. All this chapter, the chapter on the fight against tax evasion and the whole package to be discussed will be announced by the Prime Minister. The prime minister wants to continue the policy of reducing taxes because the disposable income is increased by wages and by the reduction of liabilities so this is what we will do and after proceeding because we are too early to see the economy, the first two months seem to be going well but we will go well but all this will go well. At the TIF, economic policy announcements are made for the following year. So we will expect to see how the course of the economy is evolving that our first data shows that we are doing well in the first two months but we will have a better picture in June so this will create the package that the prime minister will announce to the TIF. “
He added: “When we say public investment program all this money, European money and national money, and the imprint of over -the -top economy means that they will go back to business support, job creation, development prospects because growth as well as upgrade translates to money. The upgrade means that there is money that the state is back to the citizens. Debt service is reduced when we are upgraded, we will save more than 800 million and of course we have the discussion of the defense spending clause all this will be collected, there will be a package that the prime minister will announce. “
“Very close to approved the disbursement of the 5th dose”
Regarding the recovery fund, Nikos Papathanassis said: “We are very close to approve the disbursement of the 5th tranche so this will probably be done in the coming days. € 3.5 billion will enter the country’s funds and we are ready to submit the revision in April, a revision that is preparing the ground for the 6th request of 3.9 billion to take place at the end of May early June. Therefore, Greece and in the recovery fund is a well -going country, we are in the first countries in disbursement and of course in 2025 over € 4.9 billion from the recovery fund will be based in the economy so we have a dynamic evolution of the recovery fund and will continue to remain a country that is a good country.
He pointed out that: “In 2026 the recovery fund ends. We are optimistic everything will go well and Greece will not lose any euro from the recovery fund as it has not lost to the NSRF as well. “
‘A battle is given to accuracy’
Finally, regarding accuracy, the Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance commented that: “A battle with accuracy is fought, control mechanisms have been created. Indeed, accuracy gnaws citizens’ income. It is indeed a battle, it really creates issues in the daily lives of citizens for this and the fight is also done by the Ministry of Development for controls. “
“If the economy goes well, which is going well, then we are given the power to pass this footprint into the daily life of the citizen. Because the economy is doing well, we are doing every effort as we did with over -performance and revenue to pass and improve living conditions, ”he added.