With about EUR 1 billion of financial space already available and the expectation that the good progress of the budget will create additional margins by September, Maximus and the Ministry of National Economy and Finance have gone through the most crucial phase of planning for this year's announcements. The point is not only which measures [...]

Taxpaying pensions: 43% of payments in Greece are now covered by the budget – Newsbeast play In 2025 only 57% of pension expenditure is covered by employee and employer contributions Source

Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned the House about the serious economic consequences of conflicts in the Middle East, describing the prospects «extremely ominous to tragic». Inflation was launched at 3.9% in March, with food at 4.5% and fuel up to 27.4%. The State Budget Office and the IMF revised growth to 1.8%-2%, while inflation is expected to reach 3.5%. With Brent oil at $90-100 a barrel, the initial budget forecasts are overturned, calling into question the government «success story».