Church-State Relations

The education ministry (which has church-state relations) has proposed that a university degree be the precondition for paying the salaries of a clergymen (in Greece they are paid by the state).

“In any event, the salary status of those who serve the Church constitutes the responsibility and decisions of the State,” the PM's office said.

The government utilised the Church not in order to resolve the issue of Church-State relations, but in order to garner votes

The outline of the over 7,000-word proposal was presented by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in an address to his parliamentary group on 30 October, and the main issue that was left open was the provision for the election of the President of the Republic by Parliament.