The package of measures announced by the prime minister from the TIF step will have almost the same benefit for civil servants’ pockets such as reinstating the 13th salary, the finance minister said, speaking to Kontra Channel. Kyriakos Pierrakakis estimated that public employees would see in 2026 a billion euros more in their accounts, noting that with the 13th salary they would benefit € 1.35 billion.
As he analyzed, The benefit of $ 1 billion will result from:
- Increases in Armed Forces and Security Forces, costs 240m euros
- The increase in the minimum wage, which in turn leads to an increase in all civil servants’ salaries, costs € 360 million
- The reduction in tax rates for civil servants, costing EUR 400 million
“When we say we reduce direct taxes, this is about civil servants, private employees, freelancers, retirees, farmers. It concerns the whole society from which you remove weights“, The minister noted, reiterating that” the political choice of the government is to support the available income. “
Asked about temporary VAT reduction in food from Sweden, He replied that “our measures, what we have announced to the TIF, are permanently”. As he argued: “We are on a path that removes problems. We are above every problem. Every space that is created is prioritized to go to those who need it, but always with one logic. “
Kyriakos Pierrakakis, saying: “PASOK proposes a total of 5.76 billion euros, equivalent to 2 additional ENFIA taxes. That is, we would pay 3 ENFIA. The opposition lives in augmented reality. “