Copenhagen is the Minister of National Economy and Finance Kyriakos Pierrakakis, and tomorrow (20.9.2025) will chair the debate of his European bonds on innovation and digitization, in the context of informal council meetings. Eurogroup and ECOFIN.
“We have to pursue an economy that encourages innovation and promotes growth,” Kyriakos Pierrakakis said today (19.9.2025), coming to the Eurogroup and Ecofin meeting in Copenhagen.
Today, from Copenhagen, entering the meeting, he made the following statement: “We meet here today, in the beautiful city of Copenhagen, on the informal Ecofin and Eurogroup sessions, to discuss a complete range of issues, from the introduction of digital euro to the economic impacts of geopolitical developments.
We also meet a year after the publication of the Draghi report. And if there is one lesson we need to get from it, it is that we need to increase the level of our ambition. To try to achieve more than simply eliminate the obstacles that exist between the Member States of the European Union, between our economies.
We must also try to join forces in strategic areas, digital infrastructure such as telecommunications, but also to simplify and modernize public conventions in areas such as artificial intelligence, cyber security and green transition.
We should not just try to have an economy that manages the dangers. We must seek an economy that encourages innovation and promotes growth in the 21st century. And this is absolutely feasible. Thank you”.