In addition to the “Bismarckian” and “Beveridge” classifications of the Greek welfare system, it shared, at least until the eve of the crisis at the end of the 2000s, the characteristics of the welfare model developed in southern Europe, pairing serious gaps in the social security net and remarkably generous benefits reserved for a protected core of the labour market. The article describes in details constitutional grounds of Greek social security rights.

In addition to the “Bismarckian” and “Beveridge” classifications of the Greek welfare system, it shared, at least until the eve of the crisis at the end of the 2000s, the characteristics of the welfare model developed in southern Europe, pairing serious gaps in the social security net and remarkably generous benefits reserved for a protected core of the labour market. The article describes in details constitutional grounds of Greek social security rights.