The Numbers Behind the Politics
Greece does not lack money. It has a €77 billion annual budget and access to over €70 billion in EU funds. The question is not whether the money exists. It is who gets it, what it is spent on, and who decides.
Where Greece Spends Today
The domestic budget is a statement of values. These are the current government's values. Total state expenditure: approximately €77 billion per year.
Greece spends more on defence than on educating its children.
Finland pays teachers well and trusts them. Greece pays worst in the OECD.
The government votes FOR Mercosur while cutting the farmers it claims to support.
Strategic contribution without local benefit. AURIO will change that.
€8.1 billion surplus. Education cut. Agriculture cut. Culture barely funded. Defence rising. Arms spending €30 billion to 2036. Who does this budget serve?
Where the Money Already Exists
Greece has access to over €70 billion in EU funds for 2021-2027. These are not hypothetical. They are allocated, available, and in many cases already disbursed. The problem is not the money. It is who gets it.
Pillar by Pillar: How AURIO Redirects
AURIO does not propose new spending. It proposes different priorities within existing budgets. Every policy below is funded by money Greece already has.
Food Sovereignty
Community Energy
Local Economy
Direct Democracy
Education as Liberation
Border Region Justice
Culture as Infrastructure
European Sovereignty
AURIO's programme is not a wish list. It is a reallocation argument. The money exists. The question is whether it serves communities or corporations, whether it builds villages or buys weapons, whether it funds cultural programming or surveillance infrastructure.