The anti-bureaucracy bill—titled ‘Interventions for a Citizen-Friendly State’—is being presented live by Deputy Prime Minister Costas Hatzidakis. Designed to reduce red tape and simplify daily interactions between citizens and the public sector, the bill incorporates recommendations from the Ombudsman and empirical data from 2025 citizen surveys. Key measures include replacing documents with sworn statements, ending public claims on citizens’ real estate under certain conditions, digital tracking of application status, systematic monitoring of citizen complaints via the Integrity Advisor, refraining from legal appeals in socially significant disputes, assigning compliance with court rulings to Internal Audit Units, mandatory publication of circulars, digital service hour updates, unified legal interpretation across administrative bodies, extending the EFKA model to public services (certificates issued by certified professionals), upgrading notaries to one-stop shops, abolishing mandatory topographic plans for property transfers in approved urban zones, enabling inheritance tax payment without property transfer, and allowing the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) to fully release seized property transfers.
Costas Hatzidakis Presents Anti-Bureaucracy Bill Live
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