Pierrakakis: We will exhaust every fiscal space so that no one is left unprotected

The 4 measures announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis arsenic an archetypal effect to the ongoing crisis, effectual from 1 April, people the commencement of a sustained enactment effort alternatively than a last intervention. The authorities has pledged to usage each disposable budgetary resources to guarantee that nary citizen, business, oregon portion is near unprotected.

Speaking astatine a forum successful Lamia, the Minister of Economy and Finance emphasized, “We person not exhausted our fiscal possibilities due to the fact that determination indispensable beryllium safeguards for the future. We tin accidental with assurance that Greece tin withstand the existent circumstances.”

Key Support Measures

1. Digital Fuel Card – Provides an estimated mean payment of €0.36 per liter, covering astir three-quarters of conveyance owners based connected mean consumption.
2. Diesel Subsidy – A nonstop simplification of €0.20 per liter astatine the pump to easiness transport costs and bounds terms pressures connected goods and services.
3. Agricultural Support – A 15% subsidy connected fertilizer purchases to incorporate accumulation costs and curb nutrient terms increases.
4. Ferry Company Compensation – Measures to stabilize summons prices and support insular communities, promoting fairness and determination cohesion.

The curate highlighted that Greece’s existent capableness to enactment nine stems from years of beardown fiscal policy, accrued investment, reduced unemployment, and systematic efforts to marque the system much resilient, outward-looking, and modern.

Economic Resilience and Growth

Since 2019, the authorities has navigated aggregate crises, including the pandemic, the 2022 vigor crisis, inflation, and geopolitical tensions. Despite these challenges, Greece has strengthened its system and societal structures, achieving:

• GDP Growth – 37% from 2019 to 2025, surpassing the European mean of 31%.
• Unemployment Reduction – From 18% successful 2019 to beneath 8% successful 2025, the lowest successful 18 years.
• Household Income Increase – Real per capita disposable income up 14.3% from 2019 to 2024, much than treble the EU average.
• Poverty Reduction – Absolute poorness fell by 6.6 percent points, from 17.9% successful 2019 to 11.3% successful 2025.
• Per Capita Consumption – Rose from 78% of the European mean successful 2019 to 81% successful 2024.

Permanent Aid Measures

• Minimum wage accrued to €920 from 1 April 2026, with a people of €950 successful 2027.
• Around 1.5 cardinal pensioners person an yearly boost of €250; 950,000 households payment from rent rebates.
• ENFIA spot taxation reduced by 50% this year, acceptable to scope 100% adjacent twelvemonth successful thousands of settlements.
• ATM withdrawal fees abolished and third-party supplier charges capped.
• Continued reductions successful security contributions and targeted enactment for freelancers, farmers, and land regions.

These measures signifier portion of a broader fiscal strategy combining income growth, taxation cuts, and reduced societal contributions, supported by ongoing taxation betterment and the combat against taxation evasion.

Regional Development: Central Greece

The curate emphasized that nationalist maturation relies connected beardown regions. In Central Greece, improvement is organized astir 3 pillars:

1. Infrastructure and Transport – Over 540 projects with a €4.2 cardinal fund done 2030, improving roads, ports, and catastrophe resilience.
2. Energy Transition and Green Growth – Investments successful renewable vigor and earthy state networks (€88.1 cardinal by 2036) to trim costs and boost competitiveness.
3. Integrated Development and Social Programs – Support for SMEs, innovation, agriculture, and susceptible groups to guarantee inclusive growth.

Employment successful Central Greece has improved, with unemployment dropping from 17.2% successful 2019 to 8.5% successful 2025, beneath the nationalist average.

Governance and Crisis Response

Pierrakakis stressed that Greece is judged not by the crises it faces, but by however it responds. The authorities is committed to acting decisively, combining vision, realism, and resilience to make a stronger, fairer, and much modern Greece that moves guardant with confidence.