Greek Interior Minister Theodoros Livanios has announced plans to introduce postal voting for Greeks living abroad in national elections, with a regulation to be submitted to parliament immediately.
Speaking during the parliamentary debate on the state budget, Livanios said the measure would expand the framework used in the most recent European elections to also apply to national contests.
He described the move as a “self-evident institutional reform,” noting that the success of postal voting in the European elections proved it could be implemented with “absolute security and transparency.”
“Now is the time for full equality. Now is the time for all political forces to join their voices with the Greek voters living abroad and for us to all support this great breakthrough together,” he said, indicating the provision would be brought before parliament in the first half of 2026.
Livanios also outlined plans for a new Local Government Code, saying that by the first quarter of 2026 local government would operate under a single, modern framework covering governance and electoral issues, participatory democracy, financial management and institutional oversight.
“With its completion, over 1,000 fragmentary provisions concerning self-government are abolished,” he said, adding that the goal of the new code was “efficiency – transparency – active participation of citizens.”
