{"id":15096,"date":"2026-04-26T22:38:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/seeking-an-extra-e1-bln-for-policies\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T22:38:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:38:40","slug":"seeking-an-extra-e1-bln-for-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/seeking-an-extra-e1-bln-for-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking an extra \u20ac1 bln for policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1302004\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Finance_Ministry_Acropolis-320x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Finance_Ministry_Acropolis.jpg\" alt=\"Seeking an extra \u20ac1 bln for policies\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Finance_Ministry_Acropolis.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The 2025 primary budget surplus overshoot is endowing next year with an extra \u20ac1 billion, expanding the fiscal room for maneuver, albeit insufficiently, in view of a Thessaloniki International Fair set of announcements with increased political weight this September.<\/p>\n<p>Last week\u2019s surprise by ELSTAT data \u2013 with a primary surplus of 4.9% of GDP in 2025 against a target of 3.7% \u2013 translates into a surplus of \u20ac2.9 billion, of which, due to European rules on the limit on expenditure increases, only \u20ac1 billion can be given for support measures.<\/p>\n<p>In conditions of reduced visibility due to the war, officials at the National Economy and Finance Ministry also estimate it will need another \u20ac500 million to \u20ac1 billion in order to formulate a package of measures in view of the 2027 election year.<\/p>\n<p>The tone of the announcements of the new measures last week did not reveal concern, but demonstrated justified caution regarding the size of the fiscal space.<\/p>\n<p>After all, some of the risk scenarios that were being examined just a month ago have already become reality, considering that the situation in the Middle East does not portend an immediate de-escalation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/economy\/1302004\/seeking-an-extra-e1-bln-for-policies\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 primary budget surplus overshoot is endowing next year with an extra \u20ac1 billion, expanding the fiscal room for maneuver, albeit insufficiently, in view of a Thessaloniki International Fair set of announcements with increased political weight this September. 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