FinMin Hatzidakis addresses Athens Investment Forum

Greece has registered the greatest rise in investments volume in the entire European Union during the last five years, National Economy & Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Tuesday.

Speaking at the Athens Investment Forum, Hatzidakis said that investments during 2019-2023 increased in stable prices by 53.4%. "Progress in attracting investments is also reflected in the very high rise in exports, from 23% of GDP in 2008, we reached 43% of GDP in 2023," the minister underlined.

Thanks to the government's measures, which he outlined, "Greece has managed to have a much stronger growth rate than the average European growth rate, a speedy reduction of public debt, a very high reduction of unemployment with half a million new jobs," he said.

"We will preserve decisively this progress and move further ahead," Hatzidakis said, adding that the government places emphasis on the reduction of direct taxes, which benefits citizens' incomes directly.