After Eurostat confirmed Greece’s primary surplus, the Euro Working Group is expected to confirm the necessary actions on Thursday that the coalition government has to take in order to secure the collection of the full loan. The loan has been broken up into three installments, with the first one worth 6.3 billion euros and the other two worth 1 billion euros each.

The decision for the payment of the main 6.3 billion euro installment will be made at Thursday’s EWG session in Brussels, while the other two installments will only be paid out provided that the Greek government completes a series of actions.

According to the plan, in order to collect the 1-billion-euro loan installment of June, then the coalition government will have until May to enact legislation regarding outdoor markets, investment permits and urban planning, complete a list of taxes and third-party levies, establish a code of conduct for state and government officers to combat corruption, settle VAT return offset and insurance fund debts and legislate on pharmacies and healthcare provisions for the uninsured.

Likewise, for the coalition government to collect the final loan installment that is due in July, the government will until the end of June to complete the merger of all supplementary pension funds, update legislation on forests, simplify and streamline administrative procedures, abolish third-party levies that fund supplementary pension funds of the Labor Ministry, carry out the plan to split DEI and settle the power company’s debt and introduce legislation regarding the funding of political parties to combat corruption.