The exit of the country from the regime of enhanced surveillance was immediately announced by the next famous the Minister of Finance Christos Staikouraswho participates in the work of the Eurogroup.
In his statements, Mr. Staikouras referred to the successive crises affecting the European economies, but also to the state of the Greek economy, which, although has been hit hard by the pandemic and the war in Ukraineremains on a steady growth trajectory, which paves the way for a way out of the strict surveillance regime.
The statements of the Minister of Finance are more detailed:
“We are discussing today and tomorrow, in the Eurogroup and Ecofin, in the midst of new European external challenges, the present and the future of European economies.
European economies which are severely affected by the health crisis, the energy crisis and, consequently, very high inflation.
The Greek economy is also affected. The Greek economy, however, shows strong resilience and has great dynamics.
This is demonstrated in all the European Commission reports we are discussing today, as well as in the 14th Enhanced Surveillance Report.
These reports show that Greece will show a high growth rate in 2022will have the highest growth rate of investment in 2022 and 2023, has doubled its exports and continues to reduce unemployment.
In this context, the exit of the country from the Enhanced Supervision regime is launched in the summer.
This development, together with the complete lifting of the capital restrictions and the early repayment of the International Monetary Fund, due to the appropriate economic policy by the current Government for the last three years, show that Greece is returning to European normalcy.
He returns – after many successive crises – with dynamism, with confidence and with responsibility “.
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