"It is the first budget in 14 years that places the country in an investment-grade status. A goal achieved through a policy based on trust," emphasized Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis from the podium of the Parliament.

"The first budget after 14 years that is being implemented with our country in the investment-grade category," said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, beginning his speech in Parliament during the discussion on the ratification of the State Budget for the fiscal year 2024.

"It marks a turning point in our history, as this upgrade was a national goal for which I personally committed a year ago that it would be achieved by 2023, and so it happened. Through a State plan based on trust," he underscored.

He pointed out that trust is what begets trust, both among nations and between the State and citizens, as demonstrated in the recent elections, and emphasized that it is the trust hidden behind the numbers that constitute the identity of today's economic policy. He referred to the growth rate, which is 2.4%, the decrease in unemployment below 10%, the reduction of public debt, the strengthening of investments and exports, as well as the increase in the average salary by over 15%.

"The investment-grade status may not mean anything to some. But in essence, it says it all because domestically it seals the end of foreign supervision, and abroad, it sends the message that the era of national unreliability has definitively passed," he stressed.