Kyriakos Mitsotakis: Greece is a country attractive to investment – Speech at business forums in Toronto

The Prime Minister discussed with businessman Nik Nanos at an Economic Club of Canada event in and stressed among others that Greece is an attractive country for investments. In response to a relevant question on business taxes in Toronto, Kyriakos Mitsotakis referred to the country’s difficult economic situation when he took over, but stressed that “we have found the way to move forward”, and now “our country has shown the greatest improvement in the economic environment. Those who come to Greece to invest prove that our country is attractive. That used to be hard. And we need to take this step.” “It wasn’t a walk. There were several obstacles. But I have a very good team and we had an absolute majority in the House that helped the situation. See the European political environment right now. Governments don’t have a very strong mandate. We do not have a minority government,” he said. “The most important moment was our 2nd re-election that the Greek people gave us the majority and that is where I felt I achieved the greatest and critical victory because I felt I convinced the citizens to trust us,” he added. “The economy is growing and will continue to grow at a good pace. We invest in microeconomics strong and stable macroeconomics. The deficit is falling rapidly and we have nothing to do with what went wrong ten years ago. We left them behind and we have a stable economy with sectors that we lead like tourism that attracts investment. We are leading in the market in renewable energy and other sectors. In Southeast Europe we are a technology center,” he said. Kyriakos Mitsotakis also mentioned the epistolic vote, saying: “For the first time in this election you can vote through an epistolic vote. We created polling centers in embassies where there is Greek diaspora. Now we go one step further to give you the opportunity to vote. It’s a trial period. European elections are a test to see how this works in the national elections.”