Read Thursday’s Ta Nea: Contributions to be cut

Thursday’s Ta Nea leads with a plan to cut social security contributions and asks what workers could gain from the measure. The newspaper presents two leading scenarios for reducing the rate.

The total contribution rate would fall from its current level of 34.66%. Under one scenario, a 0.5-percentage-point reduction would give a worker earning a gross monthly salary of €1,500 an annual benefit of €105. A larger, one-percentage-point cut is also under consideration.

The stated aim is to limit non-wage labour costs and support employment. The paper frames the proposal as a broader plan and focuses on its effect on workers.

The issue also examines the Greek-Turkish dispute over the demilitarisation of the islands, including why Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has returned to the subject of Kastellorizo. Other headlines include the opening of the Venice festival, coverage involving Rupert Murdoch and George Clooney’s rejection of Donald Trump, and a four-year programme from Alexis Tsipras worth €7.39 billion. Tsipras’s proposals include a €1,000 minimum wage and a reduction in value-added tax on food.