[AMNA]
Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has said that the government will “exhaust all options” for salary increases for police, firefighters, and coast guard personnel.
The pledge, made Monday in an interview with Skai TV, followed a call by Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Minister Vassilis Kikilias for salary increases for all security forces personnel, after the announcement of raises for members of the armed forces.
“We will assess the fiscal space available and explore all possibilities to support uniformed personnel,” Pierrakakis said, adding that the Defense Ministry had made significant savings to enable the salary increases.
“The dividend from these savings has gone to the armed forces themselves,” he said.
The minister noted that any announcement on the matter would be made at the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) in September, while emphasizing that no decisions would be made that could jeopardize the country’s fiscal policy.
“The era of ‘unchecked handouts’ created a burden for the next generation, which will not happen under the Mitsotakis government,” he said.