By Penelope Galliou

With a strong “sprint” he started his second government term Kyriakos Mitsotakis sending out, before even ten days have passed since the ND’s electoral victory, messages of self-confidence and stability inside and outside Greece.

Such a message was what the prime minister sent to the international markets, during his interview on Bloomberg TV, pledging that Greece will repay the bailout loans two years ahead of schedule.

“We will be able before the end of the year to actually pay back ahead of schedule“, said Kyriakos Mitsotakis, emphasizing that “It is a commitment to investors”.

The prime minister also said he aims to restore Greece’s investment credit rating this year, 13 years after it was lost at the start of a long, painful economic crisis, while also promising to accelerate his efforts to upgrade the Greek economy and reduce of the debt burden. “I want to continue to make Greece a very attractive destination for foreign investment,” he said, adding that “We are not only focused on growth, but we also want to ensure that our debt-to-GDP ratio continues to decline at a very rapid pace “.

Under this climate and determined to move Greece into a new era, the Prime Minister will come to the Parliament for the reading of the programmatic statements, where he will present the road map for the next four years and give the mark and outline of the reforms of the new four years 2023 -207, with an emphasis on supporting citizens’ income. “It will not be a simple reading of measures”, emphasize Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ colleagues.

The main pillars of the government policy that will be developed over four years remain the fourfold: better wages – better health – better state and further strengthening of the country’s geostrategic footprint.

Besides, the first sample of writing will be given with the first bills of the government, with the financial crown for the measures of 2024, concerning new tax reliefs, measures to tame inflation, for young people, support for pensioners, while it is also not excluded some measure of surprise.

The prime minister, during his opening but concluding speech on the program statements, is expected to place a great deal of emphasis on the economy, he will analyze the data of the Greek economy and the government’s plan for even faster rates of growth so that the figures grow together and the share that will be returned back to citizens through increased wages and reduced taxes.

The prime minister is expected to make special mention of the fact that he recognizes that it is still troubling consumers and especially the weakest, with all the information converging that in this field we will hear from the prime minister some surprise measures, in the form of “2+2” and will now be of the extension of the “market pass” and household basket measures.