Half billion euros from the 2024 surplus will return to the economy in the form of additional public investmentas announced today (22.4.2025) by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and specialized in a press conference the financial staff.
The yield on the budget of the previous year was such (4.8% primary surplus, or EUR 11.4 billion), where the government returns to citizens totaling measures totaling EUR 1.1 billion, with € 500 million related to an increase in the national public investment program (EUR 500 million).
With this addition it means that our country is directed in 2026 to the largest RIP of its history.
The initial budget provided for the RPE to increase this year by € 2.75 billion, while with the addition of the complementary budget of € 500 million, the increase would amount to € 3.25 billion, which would be used in infrastructure projects, recovery from natural catastrophes, Interventions.
With the above increase in public investment resources, the 2025 RIP will be the highest of 15 years, to € 14.6 billion, with the national side being € 3.25 billion, € 6.45 billion in the co -financed part, and the recovery fund at € 4.9 billion.
Overall, the increase in public investment resources reached 9.6% compared to 2024, while in 2026 we go to a giant RIP with an additional 16% increase from this year.
It is noted that from 2020 onwards the increase in the RIP is 5-7% of GDP per year.