“Our mission and responsibility, the reforms to proceed with flexibility and speed,” the Minister of National Economy and Finance said, among other things. Kyriakos Pierrakakiscoming to the meeting today Ecofin in Luxembourg.

Specifically, the Minister made the following statement:

‘The Greek Government filed the Draft budget for 2026a budget that provides Increase annual growth rate to 2.4%, primary surplus of 2.8%, Further debt decline and the largest increase in investment across the European Union- an increase of about 10%.

The above numbers capture a economya economy that is growingan economy that manages to deal with social problems. At the same time, they are proof of the fact that the only way for sustainable development is to be, on the one hand, financially prudent and, on the other, economically ambitious.

Each Member State may improve even moreand we will succeed if we delve deeper into our union and if we eliminate the secret obstacles that still exist between Member States. This is exactly what we will discuss in Luxembourg: a complete range of issues, from the union of savings and investment to the elimination of hidden obstacles in processing and services, to the digital transformation of our monetary system.

All of these reforms must be implemented with flexibility and speed. This is our mission, this is the our responsibility to the citizens of our Union“