Μake us preferred on Google Greece’s Ministry of National Economy and Finance is rolling out a digital surveillance tool aimed at tackling the chronic problem of unpaid state debts to businesses and suppliers, seeking to pinpoint exactly where payments stall, which public bodies habitually drag their feet, and how long invoices sit unsettled. The new platform, dubbed “Consistency” (Synepeia), is expected to go live by year’s end, at a time when the state’s outstanding obligations to private parties—including pending tax refunds—remain above 3.2 billion euros.
Once operational, the system will give the country’s economic policymakers a detailed, real-time view of payment flows across the entire public sector. It will track which invoices have been settled, which remain outstanding, and how long each government body typically takes to meet its financial obligations. Agencies that repeatedly show significant delays will effectively be placed on a blacklist, with public hospitals continuing to stand out as the single largest source of overdue debt.
The latest figures from the General Accounting Office suggest the broader trend is nonetheless moving in the right direction. In July, the state’s overdue liabilities fell by 118 million euros, bringing the total down to 2.646 billion euros, compared with 2.764 billion euros in June.
When pending tax refunds—amounting to 629 million euros—are factored in, the overall sum owed by the Greek state to businesses, suppliers, taxpayers, and pensioners climbs to 3.275 billion euros.
