New measures to benefit mainly civil servants, pensioners and the weakest

State employees, including special wage earners, as well as pensioners will benefit more from the salary increase measures announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Thessaloniki International Fair on Saturday, while private sector employees will see small increases in their salaries from the reduction in social security contributions.

The measures, weighed against the new Stability Pact, have a total cost of 1.45 billion euros for 2025, of which €900 million is tax and social security reductions and €550 million is income increases. In addition, €243 million will be given this year at Christmas in order to help the weakest.

In total, together with increases in fixed government expenditure (€1 billion), new pensions (€600 million) and equipment (€800 million) in 2025, next year's spending will increase by €3.8 billion, which is €800 million higher than the...