Maximos Charakopoulos: Practical support for elderly expatriate historical Greek communitiestranslated

"The Mitsotakis government, showing in practice its constant interest in the expatriates of historical Greek communities, with a legislative regulation of the Ministry of Finance, provided a solution to the chronic issue of the payment of pensions-benefits concerning elderly expatriates who for various reasons did not receive them". The Secretary General of the New Democracy Parliamentary Group, MP for Larissa, Mr. Maximos Charakopoulos, emphasized the above on the occasion of the upvoting by the parliament of the relevant provision of article 44 of Law 5313/2026. After being informed about the issue by the president of the Ecumenical Federation of Constantinople, professor Mr. Nikolaos Uzunoglou, the General Secretary of the KO of the ND raised the issue to the competent Deputy Minister of Finance, Mr. Thanos Petralia, who from the first moment he became aware of the problem that has a national and social dimension acted immediately to find the best possible solution.

In his statement, Maximos Harakopoulos thanks "in particular for his immediate reflexes his friend the Deputy Minister of Finance and of course the president of the Ecumenical Federation of Constantinople for his tireless interest in the political diaspora. Personally,…