“Greece is back for good, we will achieve the goals without a problem,” said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Bloomberg.

Mr. Mitsotakis explained the importance of upgrading the investment grade and in particular the country’s borrowing costs. “Investment grade helps our borrowing costs” he said characteristically and added that “you can see that we are doing much better than other countries in the Eurozone and I think we will maintain growth in the coming years”.

In particular, Mr. Mitsotakis insisted that “we can keep the commitments we have made before the Greek citizens without sacrificing economic development and fiscal discipline”.

The prime minister referred to the resilience of the Greek economy and expressed the assessment that Greek growth will surpass that of the Eurozone.

Asked about the problems that the climate crisis may bring to Greece’s tourism, Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, “I don’t agree, the world continues to appreciate Greece and the hot Mediterranean. It is an opportunity to extend our tourist season and it has always been part of our agenda. Tourists will choose other months to come to Greece”

“Climate change is here and it will stay”, stressed the prime minister and added that “we have always had fires in the Mediterranean and we should now focus on adaptation to become more effective. In Greece, we made progress this summer in managing by evacuating areas and rescuing people”

Regarding the energy issue, Mr. Mitsotakis said that “Greece is one of the first ten renewable energy countries. It plays an important role as an entry point for natural gas in Europe and Ukraine.”

In response to a journalist’s question about the major immigration issue, the Prime Minister stated that “first of all, we must be tough on traffickers.