“Greece is ready to welcome productive investment, to facilitate and accelerate the procedures, ending every bureaucratic obstacle,” he emphasized Minister of Development Takis Theodorikakos, Speaking to the Athens Riviera Summit 2025, before investors, institutional players and business leaders from European, Middle East, North African and US countries.
Specifically, Minister of Development Takis Theodorikakos presented the positive results of economic policy in recent years, noting that “Greece with the New Democracy government has again gained market confidence, has conquered the investment level, reduces its debt faster than any other European Union country and develops at more than twice the average eurozone. Over 30 billion euros of foreign direct investment have come to the country for the last five years, and more than 500,000 new jobs have been created. “
“For the first time in years we observe a reversal in the so -called brain drain. We have more Greeks returning to Greece than those who leave, because they believe in our homeland and its potential. The secret is our consequence of implementing a policy that reduces taxes – since 2019 we have reduced 83 taxes – and creates confidence », underlined the minister.
In spite of these successes, the Minister of Development He warned that ‘The big issues and the big challenges are in front of us’ And he put the productive transformation of the Greek economy as a top strategic priority: “We want an economy more productive, more extroverted and more competitive. We particularly support Greek manufacturing, industry, innovation, applied research and business extroversion. “
Referring to strategic investment, Takis Theodorikakos stressed that the Ministry of Development supports 76 strategies and iconic investments that bring know -howintegrate Greece into international value chains and create thousands of well -paid jobs. “Only in the last year we have approved 15 projects of € 2.5 billion that boost the resilience of the economy and shield European strategic autonomy – from the production of Galli to the regeneration of the defense and shipbuilding industry and further strengthening the pharmaceutical industry.”He emphasized, noting that the full integration of the Strategic Investment Reception Center in the Ministry of Development is imminent.
“Our steady choice is to improve the business environment. We move on to 12 specific interventions to drastically reduce bureaucracy and accelerate all procedures’, The Minister of Development said, while also referring to significant tax incentives for research and development, as well as the important potential of the country to start-up businesses. In closing, Takis Theodorikakos pointed out That Greece is open to those who want to make productive investment and support the future of our economy.