Visit to her factory Metlen Energy & Metalsin Agios Nikolaos Boeotia today (27.3.2025) the Minister of Development, Takis Theodorikakostogether with the Executive Vice President of the European Commission, Stephanie Cézourne, on the occasion of the EU’s decision to recognize Metlen’s investment for the production of French in Greece.
They were welcomed by Metlen President Evangelos Mytilineos, while the Deputy Minister of Development was responsible for industry, Lazaros Tsavdaridis, ND MEP Dimitris Tsiodras and the Secretary General of Private Investment. The Ministry of Development, as Mr Theodorikakos pointed out, actively supports such initiatives and Greece is emerging as a key pillar of European industrial strategy, attracting high value added investments that enhance the competitiveness and strategic autonomy of both our country and Europe.
In detail the statement by the Minister of Development, Takis Theodorikakou:
“Metlen’s investment in the production of Galli is a strategic and emblematic investment for the Greek as well as the European economy as a whole. It is directly related to the autonomy and security of both Greece and the whole of Europe. The Ministry of Development supports this investment in practice.
Lately it has legislated and created the appropriate institutional framework for investment in critical raw materials in our country and the responsible committee of the Ministry of Development has already described this particular investment emblematic.
At the same time, all the necessary procedures are in full swing to be supported by a decision of the Diabetic Committee of our Government’s strategic investment.
It is clear that boosting industry is a critical priority for shaping a new productive model for our economy. It is a national necessity because this is the only way to achieve economic growth to be sustainable and durable. It is concerned with all areas of Greece, to be a balanced development.
It is the only way to deal with regional and social inequalities decisively. This political priority is at the center of the new development law promoted by the Ministry of Development next time. With multifaceted aid in manufacturing, industry and new technologies. At the forefront of the country’s border and weakest economic regions.
We live in troubled times, with tectonic changes in the global system and intense competitions of the Great Powers. In this context, funding for productive, industrial investment and innovation by the European Union should be multiplied if we want to have active effects on the competitiveness of the European economy and the maintenance of the European social acquis. “