Hatzidakis: The government’s priorities for the economy in the next six months

Tax cuts, extroversion, spatial planning and limiting bureaucracy are the initiatives on which the government will focus in the next six months, Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis pointed out, speaking today at the 8th InvestGR Forum 2025.

“We have things to do. To have victories we have to fight battles, even if there is opposition,” he said. “There will be a first glimpse with the Prime Minister’s announcements at the TIF. Depending on the available fiscal space, there will be further tax cuts which are yet to be finalised.”

To follow:

– The new strategy for Greek exports, for which the Foreign Ministry is preparing the groundwork. “It will not be something theoretical but specific interventions and targeted actions to strengthen exports and penetration in new countries of interest.”

– The specific spatial frameworks for tourism, industry and renewable energy. At the same time, local urban plans will be accelerated.

– The intervention by the Ministry of Development to further reduce bureaucracy for businesses by 25%.

“These actions mark the shift from ‘macro’ to ‘micro’. Obviously we will not be indifferent to the ‘macros’ because we want to protect the progress that has been made. Despite the impressive reduction as a percentage of GDP, public debt remains high and we want Greece not to be the most indebted country in the EU in 2028 for the first time in many decades. So we will continue to combine fiscal prudence with growth.”
Hatzidakis stressed.

Responding to questions, he also said:

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