Greece's Ministry of National Economy and Finance published a discussion in which Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis, who is also president of the Eurogroup, called for faster European integration in finance, technology and energy. Speaking at the sixth Thessaloniki Metropolitan Summit, he argued that geopolitical and technological pressures require the European Union to act collectively rather than maintain 27 separate national approaches. Pierrakakis identified the market integration and supervision package, the Savings and Investments Union and the digital euro, which has a 2029 horizon, as areas where progress could address long-standing fragmentation. He also called for a European technology doctrine that defines where the EU should lead, catch up or cooperate, with national security shaping external partnerships. In financial regulation, he questioned whether national capital markets authorities should separately build expertise for digital currencies or whether talent and technical capacity should be pooled at the European level.
2026-09-04Ministry of National Economy and Finance (Greece)
Greece's Ministry of National Economy and Finance highlights call for unified EU markets and supervision, digital euro by 2029
Greece's Minister of National Economy and Finance and Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis called for faster EU integration in capital markets, banking, supervision and technology. He pointed to the Savings and Investments Union, the market integration and supervision package and a digital euro targeted for 2029, while advocating pooled European regulatory expertise for digital currencies.