Ad. Georgiadis: In 2022 GDP will exceed 5%

In the presence of the Minister of Development and Investment, Mr. Adonis Georgiadis, the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry for 2022 was held.

During his speech, the president of EVEA, Mr. Giannis Bratakos, stood on the new Development Law and its importance in shaping a rational institutional framework for new investment plans. The Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as an institutional body and representative of the business world, carefully studied the draft of the new law. It sent a letter with its own proposals, in the context of the public consultation. In the better absorption of funds, and in the stronger recovery of our national economy.

Undoubtedly, for the chamber institution as well, the new investments are the key for the business development. But what will make them viable and resilient is the legislation that frames them. But also the available financial tools. The financial support measures, the subsidies, the new NSRF programs, in combination with the new development law and the tax reliefs for the companies, will compose a mosaic of favorable economic conditions. “Which promotes the disposition, leverage and careful distribution of funds”, said Mr. Bratakos.

The Minister of Development & Investment, Mr. Adonis Georgiadis, analyzed the Government’s reform initiatives to further strengthen the investment environment and estimated that in 2022 GDP will exceed 5%. “In 2022 we have at our disposal from the Recovery Fund, the NSRF programs 2014-20 and NSRF 2021-27, the public investment program and private investments through the Development Law the most resources we have ever had to change the productive model of the country us “, pointed out Mr. Georgiadis and called on the business community to seize the historic, as he characterized it, opportunity.