The Priority Now to Create New Jobs, PM Tsipras Says in Thessaloniki

As Greece emerged from the economic crisis the priority going forward was the creation of new jobs, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in a meeting with regional bodies in Thessaloniki on Wednesday, announcing plans to set up a Western Macedonia Development Fund. 

The goal was jobs and for this it was necessary to take measures favouring investments, as well as small and medium-sized enterprises, he said.

"In some cases we must invent the way. We must think up the tools and means and I think this initiative has this attribute. I should point out that, along with the Western Macedonia Fund, there is the creation of various financing structures - for example guarantee funds, subsidy funds, micro-loan funds and letters of guarantee. Structures that will be focused on the problems and needs of the region's businesses," he said.

 

 

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