Finance minister defends 2026 draft budget as best possible within limits

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Economy and Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has defended the 2026 draught state budget, telling Parliament’s Economic Affairs Committee that it represents “the maximum that tin beryllium done” fixed the country’s budgetary capacities.

“Is this enough? The lone way to marque it much capable is to systematically proceed connected this path,” Pierrakakis said, adding that though important advancement has been made since 2019, overmuch much remains to beryllium done. “Citizens indispensable beryllium supported, a society indispensable beryllium supported adjacent much – particularly where it hurts,” helium said.

The curate noted that the system is expected to support a maturation complaint importantly supra the eurozone mean for a sixth consecutive year, including 2025. The draught fund includes tax cuts for workers, pensioners, farmers and freelance concern owners, expected to impact much than 4 cardinal people. Additional measures focused connected section interventions and lodging will payment implicit 1 cardinal citizens, helium said.

“I will ne'er assertion that Greece is an economical paradise. But whoever claims that Greece is hellhole indispensable beryllium surviving elsewhere,” Pierrakakis said. He added that discussions with European institutions statesman with congratulations for Greece’s fiscal management, astatine a clip when galore different European countries are facing challenges.

Debate connected the draught fund will proceed for a 2nd time successful the committee. [AMNA]