Lump sum allowance from 200 to 300 euros one million pensioners will receive in March, as the personal difference deprived them of the 7.75% increases that 1.7 million citizens received in January.

The fiscal margin enables Megaros Maximos to proceed with this type of intervention shortly before the elections.

“If there are fellow citizens today with low pensions who, due to a personal difference, did not see increases in their pensions in the midst of a global price crisis, the State must support these people,” emphasized Kyriakos Mitsotakis, announcing the measure.

The allowance will be given with income criteria, while pensioners do not need to submit any application. The money will be credited directly to their account.

Tomorrow Wednesday, Finance Ministers Christos Staikouras and Labor Ministers Kostis Hatzidakis will elaborate on the measures announced by the Prime Minister.

Retirees who had/have a personal difference and did not get an increase at all, or got a small increase by erasing the personal difference, will get the increases, as long as their main pension does not exceed 1,600 euros, stressed SKAI journalist Elena Laskari.

How will the 280 million euros be distributed to pensioners (per beneficiary category)

  • 300 euro allowance for pensionable earnings up to 800 euro
  • 250 euros for pensions ranging from 801 to 1,100 euros
  • 200 euros for pensioners up to 1,101 to 1,600 euros

The total measures

The overall government package of measures reaches 600 million euros. The 280 million that will be shared by pensioners, 75 million euros will be taken by farmers, some additional interventions are expected regarding the extension of allowance increases as was done in the previous days for firefighters and health workers, and we expect on Wednesday from Mr. Staikouras to announce the extension of existing measures such as the reduced VAT on catering and transport, at a cost of 250 million euros.

In the government’s new package of measures, taxpayers with debts to the tax office and insurance funds who have lost their arrangements, have a second chance to re-enter the arrangement, paying two installments collected

Besides, for the first time, they are being rewarded the consistent debtors who with difficulty complied with their debt arrangements during the energy crisis. In a new arrangement of 36-72 installments they will be able to settle their new debts to the tax office and the insurance funds.