Finance & Economy Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis dismissed scenarios leaked to the press over the weekend that the government was planning to abolish the so-called Unified Property Tax ENFIA.
Speaking at a Forum organized by a newspaper on Monday, Pierrakakis dismissed the scenarios saying “this is not among our priorities”.
At the same time, the minister left open the possibility of intervention in the rental taxation scale, while he did not elaborate on this issue.
He only added that the measures to be announced at the International Fair of Thessaloniki in September will be in the direction “to remove burdens from the income of the middle class.”
The Unified Property Tax ENFIA -initially known as “Emergency Property Tax” – was enforced by Greece’s lenders during the first bailout agreement in 2011. The then government had heralded it would be a “temporary tax.”
Right from the beginning the ENFIA was imposed also in the first residence which effectively turned into a “annual rent” to be paid by the property owners and residents.
15 years later, the “temporary ENFIA” is still alive and kicking and will be until the temporary residents of the property are dead and buried.
So what exactly was the purpose of the leaks to the press? A careless Sunday for those dreaming to keep in their pockets their few hundreds euros in ENFIA in 2026?
Too much empty PR by this government turns my brain cells into a huge, soft mash inside my skull and has dangerously increased my level of energy waste.
Note that also over the weekend, the Deputy Transport Minister said in an interview that the government was thinking to subsidize taxis so that those who drink over the weekends can take a cab for home and not drive.
Seriously? He seriously meant taxpayers money should be spent on irresponsible and uneducated citizens?
Solution are there: public transport means throughout the night, strictest controls by Traffic Police and heaviest fines.