{"id":5764,"date":"2025-03-31T09:49:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T09:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/pierrakakis-says-govt-will-exhaust-all-options-for-pay-raises-for-uniformed-personnel\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T09:49:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T09:49:04","slug":"pierrakakis-says-govt-will-exhaust-all-options-for-pay-raises-for-uniformed-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/pierrakakis-says-govt-will-exhaust-all-options-for-pay-raises-for-uniformed-personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierrakakis says gov\u2019t will exhaust all options for pay raises for uniformed personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1265677\">\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\/2023\/11\/w15-140110pierrakakis2-320x200.jpg?v=1700056410\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/w15-140110pierrakakis2.jpg?v=1700056410\" alt=\"Pierrakakis says gov\u2019t will exhaust all options for pay raises for uniformed personnel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/w15-140110pierrakakis2.jpg?v=1700056410\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[AMNA]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has said that the government will \u201cexhaust all options\u201d for salary increases for police, firefighters, and coast guard personnel.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will assess the fiscal space available and explore all possibilities to support uniformed personnel,\u201d Pierrakakis said, adding that the Defense Ministry had made significant savings to enable the salary increases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe dividend from these savings has gone to the armed forces themselves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s fiscal policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe era of \u2018unchecked handouts\u2019 created a burden for the next generation, which will not happen under the Mitsotakis government,\u201d he said.<\/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\/politics\/1265677\/pierrakakis-says-government-will-exhaust-all-options-for-pay-raises-for-those-in-uniform\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[AMNA] Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has said that the government will \u201cexhaust all options\u201d for salary increases for police, firefighters, and coast guard personnel. 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