2025 will be a year Further reduction in insurance contributions and taxes For consistent taxpayers, the Minister of National Economy and Finance Kostis Hatzidakis pointed out at his award ceremony tonight. 8th Development and Competitiveness Competition Eurobank and Grant Thornton’s Growth Awards.

He also emphasized the need to preserve political stability in order not to lose the sacrifices and efforts of workers and businesses: ‘Particularly given the turbulent international horizon, the question marks on Euro-American economic relations and the whole debate on the prospects of the world economy, Greece must stay away from populist experiments we have tried and paid for expensive“

“As we have managed to stabilize macroeconomic sizes, we make one more intense than the macro to micro. That is, in further increased investment, increased exports, ensuring healthy competition, enhancing competitiveness“, The minister noted. And presented five initiatives in this direction that are:

  1. Reduction of taxes and contributions: “2025 will be first of all a year of further reduction in insurance contributions. And this is a message about business competitiveness. The reduction in insurance contributions by one additional unit has already been voted and applied in 2025, thus reaching the average of the European Union. But 2025 will also be a year of further tax cuts for consistent taxpayers, and this is definitely interested in business executives and employees.“, Mr. Hatzidakis emphasized
  2. Strongest framework for small business mergers. The new framework was adopted at the end of 2024 and also introduces the most competitive EU incentives to enhance innovation and business research. “It is another proof that the government seeks to encourage a new productive model by adopting new ideas and solutions for this purpose“, Said the minister.
  3. Further enhancement of investment Improving the business environment: “Local and special planning plans are now being prepared. The National Land Registry is completed. The administration of justice, with successive interventions and the exploitation of new digital tools, is completed, “the minister said. As Mr Hatzidakis pointed out, Greece is at the top of the EU in increasing investment in the last five years. In 2025 they will reach 17.5% of GDP, that is, the difference in European average during this time is limited to about three percentage points.
  4. Reinforcement of exports. “We will use targeted financial tools for export companies, such as The program we have recently announced for the “extroversion of small and medium -sized enterprises”. Also, in the context of the new road map to facilitate trade, we are proceeding with the simplification and digitization of customs procedures. While providing targeted tax incentives in specific areas offered to boost exports, “Mr Hatzidakis said. The main goal is to penetrate new markets such as India and China. He noted that exports in 2024 have more than doubled over the pre -crisis levels, both in perfect sizes and as a percentage of GDP.
  5. Intensity of competition throughout the market and in the banking sector. “We want through a healthy banking system that will operate in terms of competition, to further support entrepreneurship, and in particular the small and medium -sized and innovative businesses, which have interesting ideas, which have plans, changing the country and pushing it. higher, ”the minister noted. In this regard, it was recently allowed to grant any form of business loans and non -banking institutions. At the same time, the policy for the so -called fifth pillar of the banking system is proceeding.

“There is“, Concluded Mr. Hatzidakis,”Another key factor, which is always necessary: ​​and that is political stability. What we have achieved in recent years, we have not only succeeded because of the economic policy mix. That is, we have a government that holds a good fiscal account, it does not spend more than what it can actually spend and has a pro -investment approach. What we did, we did and because we have political stability in the place. That is, we do not have the volatility that has been politically tormented, but also economically several other European countries lately. This is something that should definitely be preserved! To stay the country, as it remained in 2019 and 2023 away from volatility, far from populist experiments, away from demagogic practices, away from money, which we have tried in Greece and have paid them. Only in this way will your efforts be lost. The efforts of Greek businessmen. The efforts of Greek workers“