Government officials are preparing a four-year support package worth up to €6 billion, ahead of the Thessaloniki International Fair, with measures designed to fit within fiscal rules and reach all social groups.
The plan would draw on multiple sources of fiscal space. Officials have already agreed with the European Commission that about €1.3 billion can be made available in 2027, without affecting targets for net spending.
Additional resources could come from an extension of an escape clause, potentially providing €1.5 billion for defence and energy programs; at least €1 billion linked to spending rules through 2030; roughly €2 billion in previously announced but not yet implemented 2027 measures; and several hundred million euros from anti-tax-evasion efforts or revenue-raising interventions.
Taken together, those sources could make the program front-loaded, with about €4 billion available in 2027.
Already scheduled measures include lower income taxes for self-employed workers, reduced social security contributions, pension increases tied to inflation and the abolition of the “personal difference” (the gap created by a recalculation of state pensions), higher public-sector wages and lower taxes on rental income.
