What is particularly striking in the Greek case is that this increasing burden hasn't come from a deliberate hike in tax rates or social contributions. Greece continues to impose one of the heaviest tax burdens on employment among developed nations, according to the latest Taxing Wages 2025 report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The report, which tracks the relationship between labor income and taxation across the 38 OECD member states, reveals that Greek workers and their employers shoulder a disproportionately high fiscal load-one that is not matched by similarly generous social benefits or tax relief measures. In concrete terms, a single Greek worker without children who earns the average national salary sees 39.3% of their total employment cost-the full amount an employer pays for their labor-disappear into taxes and social security contributions. That means for every €100 an employer...