The first concerns the strategy until the prime minister’s ascension to the Thessaloniki International Exhibition and the measures he will announce there, and the second the first autumn measurements that have already started running. These measurements will have two phases. The first will be focused on an account of the summer presence of the government and the fronts they created based on the fires, but also the economic conditions of the citizens’ holidays and the second will concern the announcement of the measures at the TIF and the impact they will have in society and especially in specific groups of citizens.
Already in Maximos, these 24 hours are expected to “lock in” the measures of the “TEF prescription” that will be announced by Kyriakos Mitsotakis and will be focused on four main areas: those of housing and demographics, the upgrading of public health and education services , as well as supporting vulnerable groups.
The measures
According to the information from Maximou, the expected measures are:
1 Roof
* “My Home II” program: Expanding the boundaries of the program to include more interested citizens. For the next two years, the program will reward the bank lending of 20,000 beneficiaries with higher age limits (for beneficiaries aged 30-49), while expanded income criteria will also apply (up to 40,000 euros). The amount for those with many children will increase by 4,000 euros for each child, while the interest rates on loans for the purchase of housing will be zero.
* For those with three children, a way is being sought in order to offer loans with lower interest rates.
* Establish restrictions on short-term rentals so that properties can be freed up and turned to long-term rentals.
* Providing incentives and disincentives to open closed apartments, increasing supply. At the same time, residential energy upgrade programs will be promoted.
* Promotion of the “Social Compensation” program for the construction of more than 2,500 houses for citizens up to 39 years of age. The support of large families from the “Social Compensation” program will also be important.
2 Demographics
* Restructuring of benefits with a further increase in child benefit, as well as restructuring of the rest. Benefits will be doubled for the second, third child and so on.
* Children’s access to more free pediatric examinations.
* Granting tax breaks for businesses that offer extra benefits to employees who have children.
* Extension of maternity allowance for workers with fixed-term contracts, as well as in education for hourly teachers.
3 Insurance-labour
Interventions are expected to focus on the following axes:
* Increase in main pensions based on a new wage index, taking into account the evolution of wages from 1 January 2025. The increase in all main pensions is expected to be 2.5%-3%.
* Reducing the burden on pensioners from the solidarity levy, as increases in pensions are “gnawed away” by the levy.
* Granting of an extraordinary personal difference allowance to low pensioners, who will receive no or a small part of the 2.5%-3% increase in their earnings from January 1, 2025.
* Changes in the method and amount of the allowance. It will be linked to employees’ earnings and years of insurance. It will also be unequal, i.e. more money at the beginning of unemployment and less at the end.
* Increase in non-pension benefits (sickness benefits, etc.) of the EFKA for the self-employed.
* Increase in collective agreements and a new increase in the basic salary (by 5%).
4 Extraordinary allowance
It is expected that according to the commitments of Mr. Mitsotakis, the emergency allowance that will be received by more than 2 million citizens, pensioners and vulnerable households will be announced. This amount will result from the taxation of the refineries’ surplus profits, which amount to approximately 300 million euros. Finally, the permanent measures will concern the further reduction of insurance contributions by half a percentage point.
Visit to Larissa
The Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is expected to be in Thessaly today, with the aim of ascertaining up close which of the government’s commitments, about a year after the catastrophic floods that hit the region, have been implemented and how the progress of the projects is going. At the same time, the Prime Minister is expected to present at 5 pm at the City Hall of Nice with the regional governor of Thessaly, Dimitris Kouretas, the anti-flood projects of Thessaly, on the occasion of the completion of one year since the catastrophic floods left behind by the bad weather “Daniel” in the wider region of Thessaly.
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