Primary surplus 3.5% of GDP but also a fiscal surplus of 0.2% of GDP showed the 2024 The budget According to figures announced by the former Minister of Finance and current Vice President of the Government Kostis Hatzidakis At the Delivery-Receiving Ceremony to the new Ministry of Education Kyriakos Pierrakakis.

According to Mr. Hatzidakis, these data remains to be certified by Eurostat in about a month, but it is a given that the budget of 2024 has suffered a great deal.

According to the latest updating of the targets, with the 2025 budget, last year the primary surplus was expected to close at 2.5% of GDP while the fiscal deficit would be 0.7% of GDP.

The performance is significantly better with the overrun approaching 2.5 billion euros and according to Kostis Hatzidakis this comes as a result of “hard and neat work”.

Kyriakos Pierrakakis, for his part, laid a basis for the continuity of political and fiscal stability and committed to the objectives in full, both in surpluses and debt, as well as primary expenses.