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  "id": 5869727,
  "title": "Greek PM rolls out major aid package ahead of elections",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/greek-pm-rolls-out-major-aid-package-ahead-of-elections",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-05T23:37:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2026/09/06/greek-pm-rolls-out-major-aid-package-ahead-of-elections"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a €2.2 billion aid and tax break package for 2027 on Saturday, as the country prepares for legislative polls next spring. The conservative leader, aiming for a third term, emphasized his desire to restore the benefits of growth to society. Key measures in the package include eliminating income tax for farmers earning under €20,000 annually, reducing workers' social security contributions starting April 2027, raising the minimum wage, providing pensioners with an annual €400 allowance, and cutting wholesale electricity prices by 30% between 2027 and 2029. These steps follow the government's recent efforts to boost purchasing power, such as a 9.5% average reduction in over 1,700 grocery and school supply prices and ongoing petrol and diesel price cuts. The Greek economy has suffered greatly from the decade-long debt crisis that began in 2008, with more than 36% of private-sector workers earning less than €1,000 per month in 2025, according to national statistics authority Elstat.",
  "summary": "Measures include lower social security contributions, a higher minimum wage, a €400 annual pensioner allowance and a 30% cut in electricity prices by 2029.",
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        "title": "Greek PM rolls out major aid package ahead of elections",
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        "published": "2026-09-05T23:37:29.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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