Greece’s Ministry of National Economy and Finance released a speech by Minister of National Economy and Finance and President of the Eurogroup Kyriakos Pierrakakis at the Greek-French Economic Forum, setting out priorities for deeper Greek-French economic cooperation and framing the integration of Greece’s capital market into the Euronext ecosystem as a strategic step to broaden access to international capital and support larger-scale companies. The remarks also argued for more EU-level action to overcome fragmentation in financing and investment. The speech highlighted Greece’s fiscal and labour-market metrics, including a decline in public debt from nearly 210% of GDP to 137.6% for 2026, a primary surplus of 4.9% of GDP for 2025, and unemployment falling from 27.5% at end-2013 to around 8%. On bilateral cooperation, it pointed to defence industrial participation linked to the Belharra frigate programme, including more than 70 Greek firms in Naval Group’s supply chain and industrial offsets of 25% or about EUR 200 million for the fourth frigate, “Themistocles”. It also referenced Greek-French activity across energy and infrastructure, the launch of a Euronext technology centre in Athens, and a push for a European “Savings and Investments Union” to channel savings into productive investment and reduce market fragmentation.
Greece’s Ministry of National Economy and Finance promotes integrating Greece’s capital market into Euronext in Greek-French forum speech
The Ministry of National Economy and Finance published a speech by Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis at the Greek-French Economic Forum outlining priorities for deeper Greek-French economic cooperation and positioning Greece’s integration into the Euronext ecosystem as a strategic move to expand access to international capital. The remarks highlighted improved fiscal and labour-market indicators, expanding bilateral defence, energy and infrastructure projects, the launch of a Euronext technology centre in Athens, and a call for a European “Savings and Investments Union” to address financing fragmentation in the EU.