“We need greater integration in Europe, bank mergers and larger companies,” Greek Finance Minister and head of the Eurogroup, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, said on Wednesday.
The minister underlined that Europe needs a common strategy for what is termed technological sovereignty.
“We can create startups in Europe and help them scale up,” Pierrakakis said, highlighting the significant contribution that can be made by the European Investment Bank.
Pierrakakis unfolded his neoliberal vision of killing small and middle businesses in Europe during a discussion with former Italian prime minister Enrico Letta, who currently serves as Dean of the School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs at IE University in Madrid.
The discussion, focusing on the future of competitiveness in the EU, took place at an event jointly organized by Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research and the IE Competitiveness Hub, marking the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Single European Act.
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Yeah great idea. It was real simple to use a bank before this chuckle head came; now it’s make an appointment a month in advance just to enter. So does this FinMP want the same for supermarkets?