"Greece was expecting to take another step on the road to recovery in 2020, following its long economic crisis. However, the coronavirus put an abrupt stop to this process. The pandemic has exposed some of the economy's structural “soft spots” as well as stretching Greece's limited budget to the limit. Athens is pinning most of its hopes for a recovery the money due to start rolling in from the EU's Recovery and Resilience Fund (RRF). Greece's RRF plan comprises 18 proposals, with the green transition and the digital transition dominating the programme. This paper looks at how the Greek economy has suffered because of Covid-19, what discussion there has been within the country about the way forward and what issues the government's RRF plan addresses and which ones it overlooks."

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