Greece today: Parliament passes the tax and benefits bill and the electricity bill, December pensions are dated, and ΑΑΔΕ answers the heating questions

The tax and benefits bill passes

Parliament passed the finance ministry's bill on Friday 13 November 2026, Documento reported.¹² ΝΔ (Νέα Δημοκρατία, Nea Dimokratia), the governing party, had asked for a roll-call (ονομαστική ψηφοφορία, onomastiki psifoforia) on 17 of its articles, Enikos reported.¹ Of 284 MPs voting, each of the 17 got between 159 and 244 votes in favour, Enikos reported.¹ The €400 for pensioners passed by 215 to 10 with 59 present, the 15% transfer tax on homes bought by people tax resident outside the EU/EEA by 197 to 12 with 75 present, and the €500 Christmas allowance for public-sector staff by 240 to 8 with 36 present.¹ It becomes law once published in the Government Gazette (ΦΕΚ, Fyllo Efimeridas tis Kyverniseos). Our guide to the bill covers the one change reported before the vote, which takes banks, credit servicers and undeclared properties out of the E9 corrections amnesty, and our €400 guide covers who gets the payment.

The electricity bill passes too

Two days earlier, on Wednesday 11 November 2026, Parliament passed the energy ministry's electricity-market bill by majority, with ΝΔ for it in principle and the opposition against, Capital.gr reported.³ It would halve the public service obligations (ΥΚΩ) charge on households' first 1,600 kWh every four months from 1 January 2027, under the bill as tabled.¹¹ The government said it could not adopt the amendment of ΠΑΣΟΚ (PASOK), the main opposition party, to move households from green to blue tariffs, Capital.gr reported; no report says what became of it.¹⁰ Our tracker has the details.

December pensions: 25 and 27 November

e-ΕΦΚΑ (Ηλεκτρονικός Εθνικός Φορέας Κοινωνικής Ασφάλισης, Ilektronikos Ethnikos Foreas Koinonikis Asfalisis), the social-security body, pays December 2026 pensions on Wednesday 25 November and Friday 27 November 2026.⁴ On the 25th it pays the main pensions of the former funds for the self-employed and farmers, pensions awarded from 2017 and all private-sector supplementary pensions; on the 27th the former employee funds and the public sector.⁴ The €400 has no official day yet; the finance minister told Parliament that the measures would reach people "at the end of November" (in our translation).² Our pension dates guide has the full list.

Heating allowance: ΑΑΔΕ's answers correct two reported rules

ΑΑΔΕ (Ανεξάρτητη Αρχή Δημοσίων Εσόδων, Anexartiti Archi Dimosion Esodon), the tax authority, has issued 24 questions and answers on the heating allowance, dated 10 November 2026, the day the myΘέρμανση platform opened.⁵⁶ Proto Thema reported 349,157 accepted applications in less than 24 hours.⁶ Two of ΑΑΔΕ's answers contradict guidance widely reported on 10 November, including by CNN Greece.⁵⁷ If a building's manager changes after 4 December 2026, the new manager's tax number is added to the existing profile; invoices do not have to stay in the old manager's name.⁵ And a building's details lock once the first application is made, not when payment is activated; after that, only flats that have never had an application can be changed.⁵ Applications close on 4 December 2026; our heating allowance guide has the rest.

Strike on Wednesday 25 November

Unions from the private and public sectors, including ΑΔΕΔΥ (Ανώτατη Διοίκηση Ενώσεων Δημοσίων Υπαλλήλων, Anotati Dioikisi Enoseon Dimosion Ypallilon), the public-sector union confederation, hold a 24-hour nationwide strike on Wednesday 25 November 2026, Fortune Greece reports.⁸ Rallies are planned at 10:30 at the Propylaia in Athens and the Venizelos statue in Thessaloniki, and at 10:00 at the Municipal Theatre square in Piraeus.⁸ Fortune names the construction workers' federation and ΟΙΥΕ (Ομοσπονδία Ιδιωτικών Υπαλλήλων Ελλάδας, Omospondia Idiotikon Ypallilon Elladas), the private-sector employees' federation, among those taking part, and says more unions are expected to announce.⁸

Child benefit (Α21): platform closed until 27 November

ΟΠΕΚΑ (Οργανισμός Προνοιακών Επιδομάτων και Κοινωνικής Αλληλεγγύης, Organismos Pronoiakon Epidomaton kai Koinonikis Allileggyis), the welfare benefits agency, closed the Α21 child-benefit platform at 18:00 on Friday 13 November 2026 while it processes the fifth instalment of 2026.⁹ It reopens for new applications and changes at 08:00 on Friday 27 November 2026.⁹ Applications saved only as drafts do not count; they must be finally submitted and approved.⁹