A bill submitted to Parliament repeals the three-year cap on widow’s pensions, a provision that had been imposed by the Katrougkalos Law. Niki Kerameos made the announcement while speaking in Parliament. At the same time, she announced that those who had continued to receive their pensions and would have been required to repay the excess amount are now exempt from paying back the retroactive payments.
In practice, all recipients of a widow’s pension covered by the Katrougkalos Law will receive 70% of their pension even after the three-year period. Those who have experienced a reduction in the meantime will see their pension increase.
As the minister stated, our commitment is to improve compliance with social security legislation and to increase the revenues of the social security funds. The measure is being proposed because, for the period from January to April of this year, revenues exceeded the Medium-Term Program targets by 517 million euros.