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Proposal made for disabled citizens to be exempt from municipal charges

In a letter to the country’s local authorities, the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (KEDE) has proposed that citizens who are over 67 percent disabled should be exempt from municipal charges.

The letter followed an appeal by disability groups for an exemption and cited the impact of years of austerity, chiefly cuts to pensions and salaries, on their income.

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