The government wants and works daily for a Greece of social mobility and economic growth that benefits all Greeks, men and women, and especially young people, State Minister and government spokesperson Akis Sketsos said during a press briefing on Thursday. He noted that every aspect of the government’s programme for Greece leading up to 2027 and 2030, “i.e. for a productive, social, fair, digital, green and naturally a strong Greece,” serves this goal.
Skertsos underlined that the goal of every young Greek man and woman was to have a better life than the previous generations, “staying and creating in Greece not out of necessity but out of choice and pride.”
“Our goal is for young people’s dreams to have no limits and for the Greek state, the health system, the education system to make us proud and not hurt or insult our feelings. Also that the Greek economy will be more productive, more export-friendly, more investment-friendly with better jobs, higher wages, electronic payments, tax compliance and tax justice for all,” Skertsos said. “We want and are working every day so that by 2027 and 2030, based on our plan for the next four years, which is fully costed at 9 billion euros cumulatively up to 2027, our country will continue to record twice the growth rate of the rest of Europe, at about 3% per year, salaries will increase by 25%, public debt will be reduced to 120% of GDP, public and private investments will double but also inflation will fall to 2% so that, at the end of each month, something is left aside as savings for our children. All this will be accelerated by the achievement of the investment grade within 2023, which is a major national and economic goal.” As he pointed out, this is a goal linked to the formation of a stable fiscally responsible and pro-investment government like the current one, right after the elections.
He added that the rating agencies also warn that without political and economic stability things will not be easy,”and we have suffered a lot in the past 12 years to go through new adventures.”