G. Economou: The government will remain strictly committed to the path it has set until the end of the four years

“A basic condition for continuing the course of safe passage through successive and difficult crises, but also to meet the challenges of tomorrow, is to have a stable, solid, honest governance with a plan that knows what to do, to have the tools to make it happen and to hold it very high, to guard with great care the relationship of trust with the citizens, this is the path we have taken from the first moment and we will remain strictly committed to this path until the end of the four years “.

This political admission was underlined by the Deputy Minister in addition to the Prime Minister and Government Spokesman Giannis Oikonomou, during his speech at the 5th Thessaloniki Development Conference, organized online by the Hellenic Institute for Research and Development (ELINEKA).

The goal is the final exit from the supervisory regime

“The country has a very big goal for the next period, to get out of the supervisory regime permanently and to gain an investment grade”, said Mr. Oikonomou and noted: “This goal presupposes the country’s financial credibility, that is exactly why “We move in a prudent and prudent way, far from the logics of other times that can be heard pleasantly in the ears of people, especially when the difficulties are such that they put us all in a more unfavorable situation, but it is a necessary condition not to be militarized.”

The government has dealt with multiple crises in the best possible way

He stressed that the government dealt with the multiple crises in the best possible way (pandemic, accuracy, etc.) and the balance can be characterized as “positive”, as, as he observed, the social and productive fabric was not disturbed, its stability was not disturbed. country and the country has not suffered irreparable blows.

He pointed out that this was not self-evident, given the circumstances and the fact that Greece was coming out of a decade-long adventure (memoranda), while many times there were positive results, such as the performance of the State with geometric progress (the vaccination program, the digital transformation of the State), the rapid, decisive and successful response to the challenges in Evros.

A positive growth footprint was created

At the same time, a positive imprint of growth was created in the country in general. “Awesome” growth rates have been achieved and Greece is the protagonist, one of the most dynamic growth rates for 2021, the second most developing country in the Eurozone and the same is expected for 2022. There was an immediate de-escalation of unemployment, the country today has more workers in compared to 2010.

“All this positive imprint of growth that we had, despite the crisis, was due to a decisive choice made by the prime minister from the first moment,” he said. “To manage the crisis and stay on the side of society, we will not allow to create the impression that anyone will be left behind, the state will be there to support bravely, when needed, so as not to disrupt the productive fabric of the space, and we will manage prudently and prudently attack the price increases, without putting endanger the general course of the Greek economy, without jeopardizing fiscal stability, without sawing the branch of credibility on which we sit “.

Thessaloniki and Macedonia in the center of the government’s attention

Referring to Thessaloniki and Macedonia, the government spokesman stressed that “they are in the center of the government’s attention for the development they are entitled to, a development that will enable them to acquire a footprint and a sign, worthy of the expectations of the citizens.”

Source: AMPE

Source: Capital

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