Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had a meeting with the European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni on Thursday, ANA reports.
“I think we have made great progress in the last seven months, which is reflected in the capital markets and the wider economic climate. We are a government that is fully committed to an ambitious reform agenda and we have been fully credible in meeting the budgetary targets, informing our interlocutors that we will meet the fiscal targets for 2019 and 2020,” Mitsotakis said and added:
“But during the year, soon and without delay, we expect that a discussion will begin on reducing primary surplus targets as of 2021. I believe this is perfectly reasonable and I am pleased that you have acknowledged this and we are ready to begin this discussion,” Mitsotakis pointed out.
On his part, Gentiloni replied: “Yes, I believe that the European Commission is certainly supportive of the start of this discussion. The decision will be taken by the Eurogroup, but as long as Greece maintains this momentum in reforms – you have very positive economic figures overall – and I believe that with this momentum the discussion on these goals can be reopened and the European Commission will be supportive.”
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