In what is important for the Greek economy, OECD report said the prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during the meeting he had at Maximos Palace with the Secretary General of the OECD, Matthias Korman. The Prime Minister concluded the report, stating that Greek economy exceeded the Organization’s expectations and forecasts, and “surprised Europe in many ways”. The Prime Minister recalled that in 2021 “we achieved growth of 8.4%, which is more than double the initial forecasts and is the third highest figure in the euro area, and in 2022 this figure is estimated to exceed 5.5% , which is again almost double the European average”, and also referring to other achievements during his premiership: firstly, from 45% in June 2019, non-performing loans fell to single digits in September 2022, which he called “impressive improvement”, and secondly, investment and national exports increased. increased significantly. “The share of exports, goods and services in our country has exceeded 40%, while ten years ago it was 20%,” the Prime Minister said, describing this result as “a huge change in the very production model of the Greek economy.” Mr. Mitsotakis also noted that he estimates that growth will be closer to 2% than 1% for 2023, and this figure, if confirmed again, will be three times higher than the European average. In conclusion the prime minister said that “we are now just one step away from regaining the investment level that I estimate we can achieve within this year.”

The prime minister has estimated that growth in 2023 will approach 2% and be three times the European average.

At the same time, during the meeting, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Greek government and the OECD on the establishment of an Organizational Center in Crete. The Prime Minister noted that a better place than our country could not have been chosen to study the population, since, according to him, Greece received about a million Greeks from the East in 1922, and today they are from EU member states. , E., who deal with the immigration issue, finding there an opportunity to leave a comment to Turkey, stating that for some, the problem, “besides the area of ​​miserable human trafficking, often becomes an instrument of political and state expediency.” In this context, Mr. Mitsotakis recalled that Greece defends the external borders of Europe. As part of its activities, the new center will annually organize an international conference on population issues in cooperation with the Municipality of Chania and the Delphi Economic Forum.

For his part, Mr Korman stressed that “the Greek economy is on the right track and must stay on track”, referring to the OECD report on the economic development of Greece. c.g. The organization added that the structural changes of the past few years have paid off, with a focus on Romanian growth, as he described it, as well as a significant reduction in the unemployment rate.