The Minister of Finances Gikas Hardouvelis is scheduled to deliver a speech at the 9th annual Greek Roadshow that is taking place at noon on Friday in London.
The forum on the Greek economy will see the participation of 31 Greek enterprises this year. Prior to his speech, Mr. Hardouvelis was interviewed by the Bloomberg news agency.
In his interview, Mr. Hardouvelis opined that a debt write-down is not an option and was in favor of extending Greece’s current loan agreements along with converting variable interest rates to fix rates.
When asked about the polls which show the main opposition party SYRIZA in the lead, the Minister of Finances claimed that there was no danger of early elections and argued that early elections will harm the economy.
Mr. Hardouvelis was also pleased with the recent referendum result in Scotland, as he believes that the splitting up of the United Kingdom would have negative impact on the rest of Europe.
On Thursday the Minister of Finances predicted that the Greek economy would finally enter a positive growth phase in the third semester in 2014, which he attributed to the reforms implemented in recent years.
