Greece Seeks EU Fiscal Waiver for Over €1 Billion in Energy Resilience Spending

Greece's Minister of National Economy and Finance, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, has submitted a request to the European Commission to expand the country's National Escape Clause to cover energy resilience investments exceeding €1 billion through 2028. The request seeks to extend an existing exemption originally limited to defense spending, allowing Greece to fund energy security and fossil fuel transition projects without breaching EU fiscal spending limits.  Under the bloc's fiscal rules, Greece's ...

By NEWSROOM IEFIMERIDA.GR