Greek austerity packages

ADEDY set to strike over pension reform

The civil servants' union ADEDY has heralded strike action as soon as a bill with the government's pension reform is tabled in Parliament.
ADEDY's executive committee indicated on Thursday that it would proceed with a 24-hour strike on the day the bill goes to the House, in line with a decision taken during its session last week.

Mitsotakis to table bill to rescind law lowering tax-free threshold as of 2020

In a surprise move, main opposition New Democracy leader has announced that when Parliament re-opens after the Easter break he will table a bill to block the lowering of the tax-free threshold, which the government passed into law in June, 2017, and which is due to take effect on 1 January, 2020.

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