How would PASOK reduce living costs and energy prices?
Inflation relief forms the first intervention. Androulakis called for a new Competition and Market Commission to protect consumers and an automatic mechanism to tax excess profits of oligopolies once independent authorities document them. Temporary VAT cuts on basic goods and excise duty reductions on fuels are included. Electricity prices for households would fall 20 percent in 2027 and 30 percent by the end of a four-year term. A revised energy-efficiency programme would give priority to vulnerable households, while agricultural electricity would receive a price cap and industry would gain a stable cost framework. Revenue from corporate profit taxation would return to consumers through fuel-price support. Androulakis stated that against inflation one more pass is not enough. The new commission would enforce stricter market rules. The excess-profit tax would activate only after documented recommendations from independent authorities. The targeted and temporary VAT and excise reductions would be paired with the electricity price trajectory. With PASOK in government the citizen and the entrepreneur will know that there is a plan for lower energy cost, Androulakis said. The programme would also guarantee an upper price limit for agricultural electricity and a permanent stable-cost framework for industry and businesses.
What tax and investment changes does PASOK propose?
The second intervention aims to shift the production model. A new development law and a strengthened development bank group would combine an upgraded Hellenic Development Bank with a National Wealth Fund. Tax incentives would include abolition of the business levy, gradual reduction of advance tax payments to 50 percent, elimination of presumed taxation, a VAT exemption threshold raised to 20,000 euros for small businesses and an unseizable business account. Golden Visa permits would be limited to productive investments rather than real-estate purchases. Androulakis said the party would not allow the country to become tenants in its own land. The accelerated depreciation scheme would apply to equipment, new technologies and production-capacity increases. The National Wealth Fund would sit alongside the upgraded development bank to channel resources into strategic sectors. The unseizable professional account would protect liquidity for viable firms. Golden Visa residence permits would be granted only when linked to genuine productive investment.
Which labour and pension measures are planned?
The third intervention covers wages and pensions. The 13th monthly salary would return gradually to public employees and the 13th pension to retirees. Indexation of the tax scale would protect workers from inflation-driven bracket creep. Collective bargaining would be fully restored, the national general collective agreement reinstated and sectoral agreements given universal effect. The 13-hour working day would be abolished. A pilot four-day week with full pay would be tested in larger knowledge-intensive firms. Pension measures include a new EKAS benefit for low-income retirees, a 20 percent average reduction in the solidarity contribution, unfreezing of supplementary pensions and gradual increases in replacement rates. Androulakis presented seventeen separate pension interventions from Harilaou Trikoupi. The tax-scale indexation would shield wage earners from hidden inflation taxation. The pilot four-day week would carry tax incentives for qualifying companies. Replacement-rate increases would deliver real pension rises. An analogue contributory pension would be created for those who do not reach fifteen years of insurance.
How would PASOK address private debt?
The fourth intervention targets private debt. Primary-residence protection would follow the model of law 3869/2010. Cooperating borrowers would gain priority to repurchase their loans on clear terms. Creditor participation in the out-of-court mechanism would become mandatory. Up to 120 instalments would be offered for tax and social-security arrears with interest and surcharges written off. Separate provisions would cover Swiss-franc loans. Androulakis said the plan would free productive forces currently held back by private debt. A modern legislative framework modelled on the 2010 law would protect the first home. Mandatory creditor participation would prevent servicers from avoiding negotiations. The 120-instalment arrangement would include write-offs of interest and surcharges. A fair solution for Swiss-franc borrowers would also be introduced.
What housing and demographic policies are included?
The fifth intervention links housing, family support and demographic policy. The GenRent plan would deliver 40,000 social homes through public-asset redevelopment. Tax incentives would encourage long-term rentals of vacant properties. Short-term lets would face restrictions in high-pressure zones and annual rent increases would be capped. Universal free early-childhood education, zero VAT on basic infant goods, a 200-euro monthly allowance for children under three and reduced ENFIA for large families form additional elements. A Demographic Footprint assessment would evaluate every bill for its effect on young people, families and the regions. Androulakis stressed that demographic policy is not merely benefit policy but concerns housing, income, social services and regional development. The Demographic Footprint would become mandatory for every bill and major state decision. The 200-euro allowance would be income-tested. Large families would receive a 75 percent ENFIA reduction on the first 100 square metres. Public in-vitro facilities and medication coverage would support couples facing fertility difficulties. An earmarked Demographic Fund would be financed by oligopoly excess-profit taxation.
How does PASOK intend to reform health, education and the state?
The sixth and seventh interventions address public services and governance. The National Health System would be renewed with stronger primary care, national screening programmes, updated hospital infrastructure and higher pay for medical staff. Public education would gain all-day schools with psychologists, social workers and reinforced special needs provision. A new upper-secondary structure and national baccalaureate would replace existing arrangements. University funding and evaluation would increase while non-profit, non-state universities would operate under strict academic standards. State reform would feature a modernised civil-service recruitment body, a smaller cabinet, strengthened transparency rules and new public-procurement legislation. Androulakis said that with PASOK in government there are no rich and poor before illness. The sixth intervention is identified with the party’s DNA, history and ideological core. Primary-care reconstruction and national free screening programmes would focus on cancer, cardiovascular and chronic diseases. A modern Health Map would direct resources to areas of greatest need. All-day schools would include remedial teaching, school meals and permanent psychologists and social workers, with special attention to island, mountainous and remote areas. After constitutional revision a new legislative framework would set high standards for genuine non-state, non-profit universities. The final intervention would restore meritocracy through a new ASEP, a central role for the National School of Public Administration, a reduced ministerial council, fortified transparency and reformed public contracts.
Frequently asked questions
When would the measures take effect?
Androulakis presented the seven interventions as the starting platform for a future PASOK government. Implementation would begin in the first six months after an election victory.
Which groups would benefit most from the tax changes?
Small businesses, self-employed workers and households facing high energy bills would see immediate relief through higher VAT thresholds, abolished levies and targeted price reductions.
Would collective bargaining cover all sectors?
The plan calls for full restoration of collective agreements and universal application of sectoral contracts across the private sector.
How would housing supply increase?
Public-property redevelopment and renovation incentives would add 40,000 social homes while restrictions on short-term lets would free existing stock for long-term rental.
What happens to private debt under the proposals?
Primary residences would gain legal protection and cooperating borrowers would receive priority repurchase rights, with up to 120 instalments offered for tax and social-security arrears.
