Social dividend 2017: How and who will go, how much they will get change

Who will get the 2017 social dividend ? 

The criteria, as well as the beneficiaries for distributing the " social dividend " from the 2017 oversupply, are being examined by the government's economic staff. 

The objective is to strengthen specific social strata that are really needed, such as the repayment of overdue public debts and pending applications for pensions and lump sums. 

The proposal, which stipulated that part of the 2017 budgetary outpouring would be channeled to the deletion of the last EUR 600 million EDFI tranche, has left the table of debates. 

According to the information, the primary surplus for this year can not be ruled out by about 1.1 to 1.2 billion euros above the target.

What the lenders exclude in any case is to share this year with the way it was given last year, that is, as a 13th pension, as many pensioners who had high incomes from other sources, such as multiple pensions or rentals, were given extraordinary help. 

The information indicates that, according to government planning, the main criterion for the one-off strengthening of social groups will be the income and wealth situation. 

The key scenarios that have fallen on the board of the government staff to distribute the social dividend include: 

The distribution of extraordinary financial assistance with income and property criteria. 

Faster repayment of government debts to individuals.

The SYRIZA Political Secretariat yesterday stressed that the social dividend should be directed to lower-income citizens, with a view to benefiting as broadly as possible social strata. 

The lenders have agreed to distribute part of the excess to the primary surplus for government debt arrears, for financial support to Solidarity Social-Income Recipients and for the creation of a reserve.