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Kyriakos Mitsotakis

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
84 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

And starting January 1st,

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

when these tax cuts will kick in, they will see a real increase in their paychecks, and this is very, very important to me.

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

This seemed inconceivable a few years ago.

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

What I can tell you

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

is that eventually no one can beat the markets.

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

We know this very well.

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

And I do think that at some point governments have to take difficult decisions to put their fiscal house in order.

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

We've done that.

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

Once you do it, then you can enter into this virtuous cycle where

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

You can actually grow the economy.

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

You can cut taxes.

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

You can support income through targeted measures.

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

We are there, but we also went through very, very difficult periods and very painful reforms.

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

So I do hope that the political situation in France somehow stabilizes.

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

It is important that the core of Europe, you know, France, Germany, that these economies are doing well.

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

I mean, we will receive 36 million tourists this year.

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

Our tourism industry is booming, but if our core markets don't do well, we will also at some point indirectly be affected.

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

Well, things have changed, but at the end of the day, this is not about pointing fingers or about saying that you were wrong.

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

And we were right.

Bloomberg Talks
Greek PM Talks EU Debt, Cross-Border Banking

It's about ensuring that Europe collectively grows.