2017. It is recalled that, in accordance with their institutions, will have to make savings of 400 million. euro for the Budget of 2017, so that there is a “cushion” for the relevant code for the CRL, for which, as they stress, are required 760 million. euro for the Social Income of Solidarity throughout the country by the new year.
Under the tremendous pressure of the lenders the ministers of the government who have taken the responsibility to reform the welfare map of the country, have drawn up an initial list of allowances that are to be reduced and removed.
According to reliable information of aftodioikisi.gr, the relevant list shall be prepared on two main axes. First: I’ll cut benefits, which is considered to be covered by the CRL. Second: we Will abolish allowances that relate to a small number of citizens and is not expected to cause violent reactions.
On this basis the benefits that are on the table of Procrustes, and in accordance with the same information of aftodioikisi.gr, is:
— The rental allowance, as it is considered that the granting of the will υπεÏακαλυφθεί from the payment of the CRL to the beneficiaries.
— To remove goes and the allowance for the long-term unemployed by the employment agency, after the government headquarters is considered that it will cover the administration of the CRL.
— Given it is considered the abolition of a series of camping allowances given by various insurance fund (ETAP – mme, bank employees, IKA, OAEE etc) but also by the employment service.
— Remove the reducing of the beneficiaries is designed, and for the benefit of social tourism, which also grants the OAED. Even with the announcement, the Panhellenic Association of Employees employment agency – former UN and OEK, he complains that the contributions of the workers – 0,35% in favour of Agency workers – from 2012 not attributable to the employment agency, with the result that the program be funded from the reserves of workers and from the instalments of the loans from the OEK.
— Drastic cuts will also suffer a series of programmes of social tourism.
— Elimination or a drastic reduction in danger and the annual student housing allowance of 1000 euros.
Change income criteria
Plans of the government is changing the income criteria for granting a series of benefits, something that will automatically mark them to be cut for thousands of people, but not remove them.
Thoughts also exist for the reduction of income criteria for the granting of the card feeding, although strains of the Economic Staff of the government, consider that the administration of CRL may cover this benefit and be permanently abolished!
Also has been tested and the discontinuation of the reimbursement of excise duty on agricultural diesel, which returns in the form of benefits to farmers.
The specific proposals were discussed during the last meeting of the responsible ministers of Finance Euclid Τσακαλώτου and Working George ΚατÏοÏγκαλου, as well as the deputy minister of Finance Giorgos ΧουλιαÏάκη and the deputy minister of Labour, responsible for matters of Social Solidarity Theano Fotiou.
What benefits are not cut
Giving just the core of government planning, with statements of the minister of Labour, immediately after the end of the meeting pointed out that where there are overlapping benefits with the Social Income of Solidarity, there is no reason to stay these benefits, and so will be removed.
However he made it clear that it is not a question of the crop benefits of specific categories, such as for example is the wheelchair benefits or family allowances. Also, the assoc. MINISTRY OF FINANCE C. ΧουλιαÏάκης stated that you don’t cut the funds (105 million. euro) for the allowance of heating oil to at least 2017.
In the same spirit with mr. ΚατÏοÏγκαλο moves and the World Bank, which in its recent report, where a record 15 benefits that can stop their use, points out that there are several groups of social – welfare benefits which under certain conditions could be eliminated or integrated with other income criteria in the “Social wage Solidarity”.
Source
Welfare benefits: Cut six, enter and income criteria (list)
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