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"Mr Papanikolaou, each of my colleagues can answer this question, which expresses the sentiment of the Greek people faced with the great difficulties which they are experiencing.
What I have said many times, including a few months ago, on my visit to Athens, is that the Greek people are not alone. Through exceptional measures, the entire EU and the International Monetary Fund have provided support to Greece in this comprehensive plan towards its recovery, and I am not just referring to public finances.
We are aware, Mr Papanikolaou, that the effort which is being asked of Greek people is extremely stringent and demanding. However, I believe that the fundamental Greek economic indicators show that, if this plan is followed and respected by all of the partners and by the Greeks themselves, the Greek people can come through this.
Since what we are discussing here today, Mr Papanikolaou, is the Services Directive and the service economy, I should like to underline that beyond the activities covered by the directive itself, which make up 40% of the EU’s economy, services, as we are well aware, account for an even greater part of GDP, in the EU’s economy. This is particularly the case in your country, which is one of the most open and best positioned in this respect, especially as regards the tourist industry economy, which is an area that Commissioner Tajani is monitoring relentlessly.
I believe, as I also said in another debate yesterday, that Greece, despite the great difficulties it is facing, can bounce back, particularly by being one of the countries to integrate itself the most and the most quickly. This integration is needed – and a number of sectors are concerned, including many services, especially connected to the tourism economy – because Greece is one of the countries which has the most to benefit from an integrated single market and the facilitation of trade, electronic commerce, mobility and exports.
That is why, along with my colleagues, I am going to take great care, as is my role as the person in charge of this Directive on Services, to support the Greek authorities in implementing all aspects and the full potential of this Directive on Services, on a practical level.
That is what I am able to say since the matter we are discussing today is the service economy."@en1
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