On the table
The final plan revealed today by the “Free Press” initially foresees that pensioners who will receive an increase (around 2.5%) in December and move to a higher EAS reservation scale, will not be burdened with the reservation of the new scale but they will keep the old reservation they had before they got the increase.
In this way, the reductions that would be caused to many pensioners because the increase would fall short of the new and higher deduction from the EAS are erased.
In the same way, it is being considered to zero out the EAS for those pensioners who exceed 1,400 euros and will be burdened by this contribution for the first time.
It is under consideration to make improvements for those who will not get an increase at all, because it will be absorbed by the Solidarity Contribution.
What changes?
The changes that are coming can be seen in the revealing table edited and published by “ET”. based on the final draft of the legislation of the Ministry of Labor which is expected to be submitted to Parliament within the next few days.
For example:
1 A pensioner who currently receives a gross pension of 1,394 euros does not pay Social Security. With the 2.5% increase for 2025 that he will receive in December, his pension will be 1,429 euros and will have an EAS of 29 euros, as a result of which the increase will be lost. With the ministry’s plan, he will be exempt from the EAS so that he will have 29 euros left in his pocket.
2 A pensioner who currently receives a gross pension of 1,690 euros, pays Social Security at a rate of 3% and has a reserve of 51 euros per month. With the 2.5% increase for 2025 that he will receive in December, his pension will be 1,732 euros and the EAS automatically goes to 6% because after 1,700 euros the scale changes and he will have a reserve of 104 euros, with result instead of an increase ending up with a pension reduction of 10 euros. With the ministry’s plan, he will be exempt from the 6% EAS and will stay at 3%, that is, he will continue to pay 51 euros and not 104 euros. In practice, the EAS is reduced by 50% and those pensioners who are in the change of this scale are expected to gain a net increase of 53 euros in their pensions from the contribution cut.
3 A pensioner who currently receives a gross pension of 1,958 euros, pays Social Security at a rate of 6% and has a reserve of 117 euros per month. With the 2.5% increase for 2025, his pension will be 2,007 euros and automatically the EAS goes to 7% because after 2,000 euros the scale changes and he will have a reserve of 140 euros, as a result half of the increase is distributed of 2025. With the ministry’s plan, it is under consideration to maintain the contribution of the previous scale in these cases as well, which means that the pensioner will in practice earn an additional 23 euros in his monthly pension and will receive the entire increase of 46 that results for in 2025.
Complete reform of EAS in 2025
In 2025, the overall reform of the EAS will proceed, with the most likely scenario foreseeing 4 instead of 8 scales of reservations that will not be imposed from the first euro, but on the intermediate amounts of each scale. For example, if the new system were applied today, then the first scale deduction would only be imposed on the pension amount that is between 1,400 and 1,700 euros, that is, up to 300 euros. The same would happen with the next 300 euros of the second scale. Thus, a pensioner who receives 1,800 euros would have EAS at 400 euros (withholding at 300 euros from the first scale and at 100 euros from the second) and not at 1,800 euros.
What changes will be made to EAS in December and who benefits
| Pension 2024 mixed | EAS 2024 | Pension 2025 with 2.5% increase | EAS 2025 | New EAS 2025 (Correction Dec. 2024) | Monthly benefit from EAS correction |
| 1.380 € | 0 € | 1.415 € | 15 € | 0 € | 15 € |
| 1.388 € | 0 € | 1.423 € | 23 € | 0 € | 23 € |
| 1.394 € | 0 € | 1.429 € | 29 € | 0 € | 29 € |
| 1.396 € | 0 € | 1.431 € | 31 € | 0 € | 31 € |
| 1.398 € | 0 € | 1.433 € | 33 € | 0 € | 33 € |
| 1.400 € | 0 € | 1.435 € | 35 € | 0 € | 35 € |
| 1.408 € | 8 € | 1.443 € | 43 € | 8 € | 35 € |
| 1.410 € | 10 € | 1.445 € | 43 € | 10 € | 33 € |
| 1.416 € | 16 € | 1.451 € | 44 € | 16 € | 28 € |
| 1.418 € | 18 € | 1.453 € | 44 € | 18 € | 26 € |
| 1.420 € | 20 € | 1.456 € | 44 € | 20 € | 24 € |
| 1.670 € | 50 € | 1.712 € | 103 € | 50 € | 53 € |
| 1.684 € | 51 € | 1.726 € | 104 € | 51 € | 53 € |
| 1.686 € | 51 € | 1.728 € | 104 € | 51 € | 53 € |
| 1.688 € | 51 € | 1.730 € | 104 € | 51 € | 53 € |
| 1.690 € | 51 € | 1.732 € | 104 € | 51 € | 53 € |
| 1.692 € | 51 € | 1.734 € | 104 € | 51 € | 53 € |
| 1.694 € | 51 € | 1.736 € | 104 € | 51 € | 53 € |
| 1.696 € | 51 € | 1.738 € | 104 € | 51 € | 53 € |
| 1.698 € | 51 € | 1.740 € | 104 € | 51 € | 53 € |
| 1.700 € | 51 € | 1.743 € | 105 € | 51 € | 54 € |
| 1.958 € | 117 € | 2.007 € | 140 € | 117 € | 23 € |
| 2.000 € | 120 € | 2.050 € | 144 € | 120 € | 24 € |
| 2.300 € | 161 € | 2.358 € | 212 € | 161 € | 51 € |
| 2.600 € | 234 € | 2.665 € | 267 € | 234 € | 33 € |
| 2.900 € | 290 € | 2.973 € | 357 € | 290 € | 67 € |
| 3.200 € | 384 € | 3.280 € | 426 € | 384 € | 42 € |
| 3.240 € | 421 € | 3.321 € | 432 € | 421 € | 11 € |
| 3.500 € | 455 € | 3.588 € | 466 € | 455 € | 11 € |
| 3.530 € | 494 € | 3.618 € | 507 € | 494 € | 13 € |
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