A. Georgiadis: Positive will be the growth rate in 2023 as well
Greece will be one of the countries that will manage to maintain a positive pace in 2023. We believe that with a concerted effort and seriousness we will exceed approximately 2% in growth in 2023 as well, despite the war, stressed the Minister of Development & Investments, Adonis Georgiadis, who represented the Prime Minister, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at the Growth & Competitiveness programs – Growth Awards 2022 of Eurobank and Grant Thornton.
“The uncertainty that is hitting Europe particularly hard is unlikely not to affect our own economy in 2023. It would be oxymoronic and contradictory to believe that our customers can be in crisis and we are having a good time. It is certain that 2023 will be a year we firmly believe will not be a recession for Greece. However, these positive rates will not be compared to this year’s, they will not be at this year’s heights. They will be lower,” he said.
Mr. Georgiadis commented on the Economist’s research on the business environment, according to which “Greece was declared the first in the world to improve the economic environment since 2019, i.e. since the beginning of the Mitsotakis government’s term, until today they have risen overall 16 places in the relevant table of the world ranking”.
“For this success, the value of which you are present here today, you understand better than any other country and in your own jobs and in your own investment initiatives, I feel very proud since, at the behest of the prime minister, I have had all these years the chairmanship of the coordination of the government for the improvement of the economic climate in the country and the implementation of the reforms recommended mainly by the World Bank for this”, said Mr. Georgiadis. The minister also pointed out that this year Greece achieved a triple record of investments, tourist receipts and exports. “2022 was finally a good year for the Greek economy, despite the pandemic and despite the war,” he stressed.
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