Greece’s image is completely different compared to 10 years ago, Economy and Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said in an interview with German newspaper Deutsche Welle.

He explained that Greece is now a country that has achieved fiscal balance, with primary surpluses, with unemployment at 2008 levels and with a growth rate considerably higher than that of the eurozone.

The minister underlined that Greece is now on a steady upward path, although challenges still exist. “Our goal is to converge with the European average in both wages and incomes. In 2019, Greece stood at 62% of the European average; today it has reached 70%. Despite the progress, we know that we have not yet reached the level we are aiming for.”

Pierrakakis referred to the country’s great achievement, the digital reform. “We will discuss precisely this change with the German federal government, which has chosen to create a Ministry of Digitisation. Let’s discuss what we have learned as a country and what of all these lessons could concern the German economy,” he added.