Omnibus bill to boost economy

The government has introduced a number of measures aimed at improving the business environment in Greece with the aim of attracting more investments that would help the economy to start growing more robustly.

The measures are included in the investment incentives bill that contains clauses from various ministries and was tabled in Parliament in the early hours of Thursday. The House will start debating the bill on Friday.

The bill contains the lifting of a series of restrictions, especially those concerning manufacturing, the introduction of specific timetables for issuing permits for investment projects, and a more active role for the private sector - an idea that runs through the entire omnibus bill. It also foresees the checks of the state mechanism becoming more flexible.

However, the extent to which those measures will increase Greece's attractiveness as...