PM Mitsotakis outlines 'Greece 2030' vision, highlights economic progress

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has presented his vision for "Greece 2030," a more modern, functional, and mature nation that leaves past problems behind. He emphasized that this future Greece is not built overnight but step-by-step through current changes.

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This Greece will not emerge suddenly one day. It is built step-by-step, through the changes being made today.

Mitsotakis detailed proposed constitutional revisions, including the establishment of non-state universities, changes to ministerial accountability, strengthening judicial independence, linking public sector permanent positions to performance evaluations, and constitutional protection against bankruptcy. Other proposals include recognizing affordable housing as a state obligation, enhanced climate crisis measures, and a framework for artificial intelligence beneficial to society. He stressed these changes are aimed at the next decade, not just the next election, and called for cross-party cooperation.

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We do not propose these changes with a horizon of the next election, but the next decade.

The prime minister also highlighted Greece's exit from the European Commission's list of countries with "macroeconomic imbalances." He described this as closing a 16-year cycle that began with the debt crisis. For the first time in years, Greece is seen in Europe as an example of progress and stability, not part of the problem. Mitsotakis expressed difficulty understanding those who downplay this development, stating that these imbalances had previously kept citizens' incomes from aligning with those in other European countries.

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For the first time in many years, Greece is not discussed in Europe as part of the problem, but as an example of progress and stability.