Greece's Ministry of National Economy and Finance coordinates with Ireland on 2026–2027 EU presidencies and single market priorities

Greece’s Ministry of National Economy and Finance reported that Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis met in Dublin with Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Simon Harris, reaffirming close bilateral ties and a commitment to cooperate on key European priorities. Discussions focused on preparations for Ireland’s EU presidency in the second half of 2026 and Greece’s in the second half of 2027, with an agreed emphasis on a coordinated agenda to strengthen competitiveness, economic resilience and the functioning of the single market. The exchange covered the Savings and Investment Union and the digital euro, alongside broader single market deepening and proposed reforms referenced in the Draghi and Letta reports, as well as forthcoming ECOFIN priorities. The ministers also highlighted the integration of the Athens Stock Exchange into the Euronext group, which includes the Dublin exchange, as creating new financing opportunities for businesses and supporting the Capital Markets Union. Pierrakakis outlined Greece’s digital reform programme, including the “Mitos” initiative to map and simplify administrative procedures, linking digitisation to lower bureaucracy, higher public revenues and an improved investment environment, and both sides compared Greece and Ireland’s post-crisis recovery paths and fiscal surpluses supporting gradual public debt reduction.