“From the very beginning, the focus of our economic policy has been and remains investment, foreign investment, domestic, large investment, small investment, because only through investment can we reduce unemployment and ultimately raise wages in our country,” he said. . said, quoting the prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who participates in a conversation with citizens on the topic of economics at the shipyards of Elefsin. He even mentioned an iconic and symbolic place, namely the Elefsin shipyards, noting that now the investment landscape has cleared up, the shipyards are operating and new jobs will be added.

“Over the next four years, we can achieve an increase in the average wage by about 25%, so that the average wage approaches 1,500 euros, the minimum wage approaches 950 euros,” the Prime Minister stressed, recalling that today the increase in the minimum wage is finally exceeded the pre-election commitments of the first four years.

He also mentioned the technology sector, which is also heavily invested in, and highlighted quotes, saying that all of this should be done in a fiscally stable environment.

“We have been able to and have created the necessary fiscal space for a serious social policy, because ultimately all the politics that we are talking about for the next four years is based on economics. If the economy does not grow at the level of 3% that we estimate annually, that is, at a rate much higher than the European average, then we will not be able to produce wealth, and then our responsibility will lie in how we will distribute it,” he stressed.

“Everywhere with a very high speed to approach the average European level,” – said the prime minister as a top priority. “The key to achieving this goal is rapid growth, of course, always within the rules of fiscal stability, so that we never again experience what we have experienced in the last decade.”

When asked about the possibility of absorbing the unemployed at a shipyard worker, Kyriakos Mitsotakis replied that he was always impressed how we can have the largest commercial fleet and send our ships for overhaul to neighboring countries and companies with such a rich history and employees who love work to be between decay and incorruptibility in conditions of uncertainty.

“What has been done here is very important because it signals that we can enter industries that we thought we had little to no involvement in for decades and be competitive,” he said.

He stressed the need to respect all labor rights and referred to the digital labor card.

He also spoke on the example of an industry that we managed to resurrect and which can be a protagonist. He noted that with the development of the entire shipbuilding industry, as well as the auxiliary shipbuilding industry, we can get tens of thousands of new jobs.