Tax revenues and the primary result of the budget in January and February exceeded the target, but this is largely counted in the 2023 budget, per the Finance Ministry.
About 600,000 Greeks left the country in the period 2010-2021, with 350,000 having returned, Minister of National Economy and Finance Kostis Hatzidakis said on Wednesday.
The awarding of the contracts of several major projects, as well as the achievement of progress on the Exoikonomo subsidy program are the biggest issues pending for the submission of the fourth request for payments from the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Fund.
The European Commission estimates in its winter forecasts that Greece will achieve the fourth highest growth rate in the eurozone and almost three times its average in 2024.
The European Union member-states, including Greece, are returning to fiscal discipline after four years of the Stability Pact’s suspension, due to the Covid-19 and energy crises.
The tender for the Andreas Lentakis Government Park project will begin in the first quarter of the year, at the facilities of now-defunct Pyrkal plant in the Municipality of Dafni-Ymittos, southern Athens, where nine ministries are planned to relocate.
National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis is planning changes to the public companies of the Superfund to make them modern and competitive, with interventions on three fronts: administration, procurement and recruitment.