“We have faster investment growth across the EU and the fastest growing imports,” said the finance minister, Kostis Hatzidakis speaking on Thursday morning to SKAI and the “Today” show. He also mentioned that Greece is second in the EU at this time in growth rates in the second quarter of 2024.

About the investments in the country, the minister pointed out that the building permit for its facilities Microsoft saying that the way is being opened for the implementation of the 1 billion euro investment. It was also mentioned in investment of the French group Data4 amounting to 300 million euros.

“The fact that giants of the international economy are looking to invest in Greece is a result of us implementing a serious policy with the Mitsotakis government,” he said.

He stated that there are still issues that need to be resolved in order for investments to proceed at a faster pace, however he emphasized that interventions have been made “that help investments come and we must strengthen the effort”.

The finance minister also pointed out that as a country we have “far the greatest de-escalation of unemployment» saying that for 5 years half a million Greeks have found work.

For the housing problem and the constant rent increases Mr. Hatzidakis said is a bigger problem even than food inflation.

“In Greece we have a special problem with the roof. Due to the crisis at the time, prices had dropped quite a bit. With the rise of the economy there was an explosion in real estate prices. We are intervening to strengthen the offer and create a framework that did not exist until now,” explained Mr. Hatzidakis.

Asked whether there will be a reduction of indirect taxes he said that “we made reductions in transportation, catering, baby items. In 2025 we will make reductions in direct taxes. The state returns 900 million euros through taxes. There are 12 different reductions starting with the reduction of insurance contributions”.

“A supplementary public investment budget will be submitted to the Parliament, which will have a significant increase. We find the money in a healthy way, firstly we have growth, and secondly from tackling tax evasion” he pointed out.

Finally, commenting on them polls and the drop in ND percentages, Mr. Hatzidakis said that “even though 57% are positioned negatively, it is not negligible that 39% are positioned positively and rather positively. It was almost as much as the party had won in 2023. This does not mean that we should relax.”

“We will be judged at the end of the four years, based on what we have done” he pointed out.