Labour Minister Niki Kerameus announced the end of cuts to widow’s pensions after the three-year period has passed.
Following the 2016 Katrougalos law, pensioners entitled to a widow’s pension received 70% of the deceased spouse’s pension, which was reduced to 35% after three years. Now, if the Labour Minister’s announcement is implemented, the widow’s pension will return to 70% even after the three-year period.
As the minister clarified, “this means that all widow’s pension beneficiaries covered by the current Katrougalos law framework will continue to receive, even after the three-year period has passed, 70% of the deceased person’s pension, without the reduction to 35%; they will not owe a single euro retroactively; and in cases of combined pensions, they will continue to receive two national pensions. Those who had already suffered the reduction under the Katrougalos law will see their pension rise to 70%, while those who were worried that their widow’s pension would be reduced in the coming period will see no reduction at all; it will remain at 70%.”
“This year, based on our monitoring so far of the revenue performance of social security funds for the January–April 2026 period, it emerges that from the first four months alone we have already exceeded the medium-term target by €517 million, mainly thanks to the bold implementation of the digital work card for 2.5 million workers. These results allow us today to proceed with another important social intervention,” the minister stressed.
Source: News247
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