Ursula von der Leyen: Greece's recovery and resilience plan will deeply transform the Greek economy

"Thank you so much for having me here, at the cradle of democracy and philosophy. These are decisive times and we see that after a very difficult period of the pandemic we have increasing successes, the vaccination programme is there, the recovery is underway and we can just start look at the future with hope and with confidence," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday at the Ancient Agora.

She also thanked the Greek prime minister for the important contribution of the greek govenrment as regards the green digital certificate.

"We are digitising our economies. We are making the European green deal a reality. We are equipping our societies to be stronger and resilient. Our plan is worth 800 billion euros and it is the largest recovery package in Europe since the Marshall plan and it is the recovery Europe needs now and in the future," she underlined.

"Today I am very happy to announce that the European Commission has decided to give its green light to Greece's recovery and resilience plan 'Greece 2.0'. This follows excellent cooperation between our teams," the European Commission president noted and added:

"The plan was designed in Greece and will spear growth that will be led by the Greek people and it will be owned by the Greek people and will deeply transform the Greek economy. It will make Greece emerge stronger and more resilient and better prepared for the future."