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Pavlos Marinakis Discusses Tsipras, a 13th Salary, Tax Rules and School Textbooks

From Ta Nea · () Greek

Translated from Greek and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

At a glance

Interview Named sources Context piece
  • Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said a public-sector 13th salary would cost about 1.5 billion euros and that projected fiscal room for 2027 could not support it without affecting other groups.
  • He left open a gradual move away from presumptive taxation for compliant self-employed workers if other anti-tax-evasion measures produce results.
  • Marinakis rejected claims that the government is pursuing a woke agenda in schoolbooks and said officials should show particular sensitivity when reviewing books for younger primary-school pupils.

A full extra salary for Greece’s public employees would cost about 1.5 billion euros, government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said, arguing that the fiscal room expected for 2027 would not allow such a measure without cutting support for other social groups.

Speaking to journalists Dimos Verykios and Dimitris Alfieris on MEGA News 104.6, Marinakis discussed the opposition’s plan to send its proposals to the National Fiscal Council for costing. He said the government’s own calculation of Alexis Tsipras’ pledges was made by the economic team “measure by measure” and described it as “lenient,” because it excluded what he called many “vague and unclear” announcements.

I hope the main opposition and all the other parties do it too, because then we will politically confront each other on equal terms.

· Pavlos MarinakisHe supported parties submitting their programmes to the National Fiscal Council for costing.

Marinakis welcomed the idea that the Greek Left Alliance and other parties should submit their programmes for independent costing. “I hope the main opposition and all the other parties do it too, because then we will politically confront each other on equal terms,” he said.

The announcements by the prime minister on Saturday will concern public employees, pensioners and private-sector employees.

· Pavlos MarinakisHe described the groups expected to be covered by the prime minister’s upcoming measures.

He did not confirm reports of a partial 13th salary or a bonus. He said, however, that the prime minister’s Saturday announcements would concern public employees, pensioners and private-sector employees.

On self-employed workers, Marinakis acknowledged that the presumptive tax system “very likely cost us votes in the European elections” and prompted complaints from people who believed they had been treated unfairly. He said the government could gradually consider moving away from presumptions for compliant freelancers as other measures against tax evasion begin to work.

Very likely cost us votes in the European elections.

· Pavlos MarinakisHe was discussing the political impact of presumptive taxation on self-employed workers.

He also rejected reports about schoolbooks included in the Teaching Books Registry and linked discussion involving the national health insurance platform. “This government neither had, nor has, nor will acquire a woke agenda,” he said, while separating the law on marriage equality from the debate. Speaking specifically about books for the early primary grades, he said officials “must be particularly careful and show increased sensitivity.”

This government neither had, nor has, nor will acquire a woke agenda.

· Pavlos MarinakisHe rejected claims about the government’s approach to schoolbooks and related issues.
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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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