Greece's Ministry of National Economy and Finance says Euronext acquisition of the Athens Stock Exchange could complete next week as part of a capital markets reform push

Greece's Ministry of National Economy and Finance, through Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis in remarks at the London School of Economics, set out his view of Greece’s economic and digital transformation agenda, highlighting productivity and support for vulnerable households and firms alongside further reforms to capital markets to widen access to international funding. On capital markets, he framed the potential acquisition of the Athens Stock Exchange by Euronext as part of a broader shift toward deeper European liquidity, arguing that participation in a wider European market would change incentives and the operating environment compared with a locally isolated exchange. The speech also referenced improved market perceptions linked in part to public debt management, praised the work of Greece’s Public Debt Management Agency (ODDHX), and restated a macroeconomic “triangle” of fiscal balance, a healthy banking system, and reforms, alongside a warning against repeating past crisis-era mistakes. According to the timetable referenced in the event, the Euronext transaction was expected to be completed next week.