The Italian newspaper La Repubblica, in its article, refers to the positive course of the Greek economy.

In detail, the newspaper of Rome states: ‘Surplus of 1.3% GDP in 2024, the most positive of Eurostat figures which show, on the contrary, a total deficit of the European Union of 3.2%. ” As he notes, this is’excellent performance For a country like Greece, which had been downgraded its public debt to Junk Bond, “garbage” 15 years ago. “

The newspaper adds: “A result that Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, despite the fact that debt is still at 153.6%, wanted to contact it with a message to the nation:” With the help of everyone, we did much better than it was foreseen. Additional revenue, even greater than the goals we had set, “said Mitsotakis, who added that” despite the strict European fiscal rules, a substantial part of these proceeds can be returned to citizens.

Now Greece, which in order to reduce its huge debt in a few years, as the Troika pointed to, has previously been forced to cut public health, civil servants, to close public television and the national orchestra, is ready to spend a billion in Investment, aiming to create new jobs. “

For the Parthenon’s sculptures

According to the La Repubblica newspaper, “in 2025 Greece can also achieve another major result.”

He claims, “in January the news of a preliminary agreement with the British Museum was announced, with the aim of returning part of the Parthenon sculptures. A symbolic move, which would – at last – recognize modern Greece as a legitimate heir of that ancient Greece, which was also the cradle of Western culture. “