emergency, lump sum which will start from 300 euros for them low pensioners and will be reduced to 250 and 200 euros for the largest pensions they will receive in a lump sum from EFKAduring March more than 900,000 pensioners who either did not receive an increase for 2023, or received, and due to personal disagreements, it was very small. The “key” for this provision is its amount pensiondepending of course on availability personal difference, due to which the door was closed or severely limited to any increase given in the section of 7.75%. And this is because the allowance will be paid to those pensioners who have a basic pension of up to 1,600 euros gross per month, with the greatest support being paid to those with the lowest pensions and the highest personal differences.

Official ads scheduled for Today from the financial apparatus of the government, but the logic of the situation was described yesterday by Kozani Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis himself. “Emergency assistance will be provided to pensioners who have not received an increase in pensions since 01/01/2023,” the prime minister said, answering a relevant question. “It will be from 200 to 300 euros, depending on the size of the pension each person receives,” he added. According to the prime minister, “the aid will be provided once and we estimate that the total amount will approach 300 million euros.” He noted that our economy is developing better than expected, and the fiscal costs of this provision are calculated. In fact, according to the plan, the beneficiaries may exceed 1 million pensioners, as in addition to the hundreds of thousands who did not receive any increase, they will also be included, Labor Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said in an interview with Open TV. those who received small increases.

The total budget cost is estimated at 280 million euros.

The expanded list of benefit recipients has been supplemented by the following categories of pensioners:

Low-income pensioners will receive the largest amount – a one-time assistance will be issued in March.

• Low pensioners with pensions up to 800 euroswho received their €250 punctuality check at Christmas but did not receive the 7.75% surcharge due to significant personal differences. The persons mentioned are expected to receive the maximum amount, i.e. 300 euros, as a lump sum.

• Pensioners with a basic pension from 801 to 1100 euros per month who benefited little from the abolition of the solidarity levy but did not receive a 7.75% raise due to personal differences. The emergency allowance will be 250 euros.

• Pensioners with a pension from 1101 to 1600 euros per month coming from the former state funds, DECOs and banks with big personal differences, who received a small increase in their pension from 5 to 30 euros. For them, the benefit will be about 200 euros.

Emergency financial assistance will be paid into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries without the need to take any action, request or provide supporting documents.