The “roadmap” of benefits for 5 million citizens – How €2.5 billion will be distributed by April

The largest raises volition spell to unit of the Security Forces and Armed Forces, pensioners, employees with yearly incomes supra €10,000, young radical up to 30 years old, families with 3 oregon much children, and nationalist assemblage employees. Significant enactment volition besides spell to renters, arsenic successful November a imperishable rent rebate of up to €800 per household volition beryllium introduced for the archetypal time. In addition, adjacent April volition spot the sixth summation of the minimum wage, surpassing €900, which volition besides rise a bid of allowances.

Month-by-month breakdown of support:

October 2025
More than 150,000 Armed Forces and Security Forces unit volition spot important income increases owed to a caller wage scale. On average, Armed Forces unit volition person an other €145/month and Security Forces unit €111/month. Together with April’s raises for nationalist servants and a €100 summation successful the hazard allowance since July, these boosts mean unit volition efficaciously summation 1.5–2 further monthly salaries per year. The outgo of the caller wage standard unsocial is €270 cardinal annually—the largest wage emergence successful astatine slightest 20 years.

November 2025

• A imperishable €250 allowance volition beryllium paid to implicit 1.4 cardinal pensioners and beneficiaries (aged 65+ with incomes up to €14,000 for singles/€26,000 for couples, disablement pensioners, and uninsured elderly). Cost: €360 cardinal annually.
• The imperishable rent rebate volition beryllium paid for the archetypal clip to astir 1 cardinal households. The yearly rebate is capped astatine €800 per main residence, positive €50 per babelike child. Families renting some a location and pupil lodging volition person treble support. Cost: €230 cardinal annually.

December 2025
Pensions for January (paid earlier Christmas) volition include:

• The regular yearly summation (estimated 2.3–2.5%).
• A 50% personal-difference allowance for 670,000 pensioners (as announced astatine the Thessaloniki International Fair).
  By 2027, the personal-difference allowance volition beryllium afloat phased out. Cost: €75 cardinal successful 2026, €210 cardinal successful 2027. The full outgo of pension increases successful 2026: €467 million.

January 2026
The taxation betterment begins: employees (public and private) and pensioners with incomes supra €10,000 volition spot higher nett wage acknowledgment to reduced withholding. Key changes:

• Tax brackets lowered by 2% from €10,000–40,000.
• New 39% bracket for €40,000–60,000, with 44% supra €60,000.
• Extra alleviation for families with children (down to 0% for families with 4+ children).
• Full exemption connected income up to €20,000 for younker nether 25; 9% for €10,000–20,000 for ages 26–30.

Officials picture this arsenic the largest taxation chopped since the restoration of democracy, with a fiscal outgo (and corresponding national benefit) exceeding €1.6 cardinal annually.

April 2026
The sixth minimum wage hike volition propulsion it supra €900 (gross). About 600,000 minimum-wage workers and 700,000 nationalist servants volition payment directly—over 1.3 cardinal employees successful total. Cost: €360 cardinal annually. This summation volition besides rise ~20 allowances, including unemployment, parental leave, maternity, and matrimony benefits.

Additional 2026 measures include:

• 50% simplification of ENFIA spot taxation successful 2026 and afloat abolition successful 2027 for superior residences successful settlements nether 1,500 residents (€75 cardinal cost).
• 30% VAT simplification successful distant islands with populations nether 20,000 (€25 cardinal cost).
• Extension of 3-year income taxation exemption for semipermanent rental of antecedently vacant homes.
• Extension of VAT suspension for caller lodging construction.
• Higher foreign-service and special-duty allowances for Foreign Ministry staff.
• Tax-free “library allowance” for assemblage module and researchers.
• Pay-scale designation for 5-year polytechnic and akin degrees, benefitting 5,000+ civilian servants.
• Abolition of the pay-TV subscription tax, aiding 1 million+ subscribers.