Greece has enterprises that are capable of taking the lead in global markets, Economy and Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis stated on Thursday, speaking at the 4th Naftemporiki Economic Conference.
“The competitiveness aspect is the number 1 target for all of us, on both a national and a European level,” he said. Departing from his prepared remarks and opting instead to respond to previous speakers, Pierrakakis particularly highlighted the issue of competitiveness, noting that this effort was the main underpinning of the Mario Draghi and Enrico Letta reports.
“All this has to do with a series of observations we can make on a European-wide level,” the minister added, citing the “invisible barriers” between EU member-states that were pointed out by Draghi and pointing out that there were things that Europe could have achieved but had not done so.
“This is reflected in the growth rate of the EU member-states,” he added, noting that deeper financial and banking union was necessary in order to give an added boost to growth.
