Georgios Katrougalos

Alternate Administrative Reform Minister Giorgos Katrougalos revealed on Wednesday that it will cost almost 25 million euros to rehire some 3,900 civil servants the government believes were fired illegally but that this money would be obtained by making savings elsewhere.

A plan by the government to pay non-professionals, including students and tourists, an hourly fee to work as undercover tax agents in order to boost a crackdown on evasion prompted reactions from the political opposition and from Greek tax inspectors over the weekend.