8% increase disability benefits Prime Minister announced Mrs Mitsotakis“as the last symbolic but also essential step of the current parliamentary term”, as he said, speaking at an event for Greek economy.

“It is important for every citizen to feel that the improvement in economic performance also leads to an improvement in his own life,” said Mr. Mitsotakis, noting that after the increase in disability pensions, appropriate benefits should have followed for 188,000 of our fellow citizens.

Mr. Mitsotakis emphasized that we are one step ahead of the level of investment that will be achieved during 2023 if a strong government emerges from the elections. Eurogroup President Pascal Donoghue, who took part in the event, also agreed with the forecast for a recovery in investment grade during the year.

Describing the evolution of economic performance over the past four years, the Prime Minister noted that the loss of average income has been covered, investment, exports and productivity have risen sharply, the national product is returning to 2010 levels, and we have the second largest growth in the eurozone. . Unemployment also fell by 7 percentage points and 300,000 jobs were created. “All of this happened at a time when the country was battling a global pandemic, a hybrid attack on its borders, ongoing energy shocks and aggressive behavior from neighbors.”

The 2022 primary deficit is definitively zero, Finance Minister Chr. Staikouras.

He added that inflation is falling and today it is below the European average, that more than 50 taxes and contributions have been reduced without threatening fiscal discipline, and in fact the 2022 budget deficit will be much lower than expected. “And my commitment that in 2023 the country will produce a primary surplus through development and not over-taxation is fully justified,” he said.

For his part, the finance minister Chr. staikouras he stressed that in the end, the primary deficit in 2022 is zero, with a forecast of 1.6% of GDP. Mr. Staikouras noted that this result was achieved despite the citizens’ bold fiscal support against the energy crisis, as a result of the country’s growth almost doubling compared to the previous year’s Eurozone average. He added that the momentum that the Greek economy has acquired guarantees a primary surplus in 2023.

For his part, Mr. Donahue acknowledged the progress made in Greece despite the difficulties, noted that Mr. Staikouras was respected in the Eurogroup, and emphasized that Greece, like Ireland, which was hit by the financial crisis, outperforms its competitors in terms of development. and finances are a concern.