The legislation for loans of up to 100,000 euros will be submitted to Parliament for voting in June, Minister of Development Takis Theodorikakos said in an interview with the Naftemporiki vidcast and journalist Michalis Psilos.
“The key objective is to ensure that citizens taking consumer or home repair loans are fully informed about the obligations they undertake and are genuinely capable of meeting them. At the same time, banks must have properly assessed the borrower’s ability to service the loan,” the minister noted.
“We are placing particular emphasis on manufacturing, border and economically weaker regions of the country, as well as on larger-scale investments, because these generate multiplier effects and create substantially more jobs. In order to strengthen the investment effort, we are prioritizing these three sectors, while during 2026 additional focus will be placed on agrifood, social entrepreneurship, advanced technologies and artificial intelligence.
We are therefore preparing a package of measures that will, to a significant extent, also target small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as individual professionals and entrepreneurs, with the aim of supporting SMEs activity.”
Asked about the climate of global uncertainty, with the wars in Iran and Ukraine ongoing and no clear indication as to when they may end, the minister acknowledged that Greece cannot remain unaffected.
“With such unexpected developments, it is preferable to speak frankly…
