Immediately after the meeting of the cabinet with its new composition, at the Maximos Mansion, the new ministers went to the ministries where the handover ceremonies took place.

The estimate that the primary surplus for 2024 will be 3.5% of GDP, against a target of 2.5%, while the total surplus will amount to 0.2% of GDP, instead of a target for a deficit of 0.7%, was expressed by the outgoing Minister of National Economy and Finance and current government's vice president Costis Hatzidakis, during the handover ceremony to the new Minister of Finance, Kyriakos Pierrakakis.
The new minister, after thanking the Prime Minister for his trust, stressed that he and his team will work hard in order to achieve the goals set by the government.
As he noted, priority will be given to increasing wages, improving the housing situation, strengthening the financing of the economy and creating new jobs.
He also stressed that the goal is to achieve measurable results, so that a positive change takes place every day for the benefit of society and the economy. At the same time, he referred to the need to attract more investment, as well as to support entrepreneurship and extroversion.

In a very good and friendly atmosphere was held the handover ceremony at the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, with the new Minister Christos Dimas and the Deputy Minister Constantinos Kyranakis receiving the ministry's crucial portfolio from the outgoing Minister Christos Staikouras.
The outgoing Minister in his speech, presented an account of his work, noting that within 21 months we tried to complete and launch interventions that had been languishing or dragging on for decades. He added that he took office 4 months after the tragic accident in Tempi, with society rightly seeking the emergence of the truth and the rendering of justice.
The new Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Christos Dimas, thanked the Prime Minister for the trust he showed in him, noting that he understands the criticality of this difficult ministry. "We have very specific goals, we will work with all the services of the ministry to achieve timetables and goals", he said.

"We will continue with the two new deputy ministers, Aristos Doxiadis and Lazaros Tsavdaridis, the general secretaries and the staff of the Ministry of Development, our work, with an eye on society, in order to implement the goal of the new production model in the country".
This was noted by Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos, at the handover ceremony of the two new Deputy Ministers, Lazaros Tsavdaridis in the sector of industry and Aristos Doxiadis in the sector of research and innovation, which they received from the former Deputy Ministers Anna Mani-Papadimitriou and Zoi Rapti.

The collaboration of Greek public universities with leading universities abroad, such as Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Imperial, for postgraduate level collaborations, was announced by the outgoing Minister of Education, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, during the handover-reception ceremony at the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports.
He also announced that as the new Minister of Finance, he will proceed with increasing the Recovery Fund's allocation for the extroversion of Greek public universities, from 62 to 82 million euros.
On her part, the Education Minister Sofia Zacharaki committed to an education with a human-centered character adding that the new leadership will focus on the content of education, so that it becomes qualitative and on improving the daily life of the teacher.

The handover ceremony between the new minister, Makis Voridis, and the outgoing Nikos Panagiotopoulos, as well as the new deputy minister, Sevi Voloudaki, and the outgoing Sofia Voultepsi, was completed at the Ministry of Migration and Asylum on Saturday.
The new minister also spoke of the policy he will follow, emphasising, among other things: "I have clear, specific and strong ideological views on migration. The mandate is to do the right thing and do the maximum to the extent we can to tackle illegal migration, and that means organising returns in the most effective way".

"We face a historic opportunity and challenge, to continue to chart a path where progress and development go hand in hand with environmental protection and quality of life" stated the new Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou during the handover ceremony which took place in an extremely warm atmosphere, taking over the portfolio of the Ministry from  Theodoros Skylakakis. 
"We are in a period of global restructuring," the new Minister of Environment and Energy stated characteristically and pointed out that special emphasis will be placed on sustainability and the environment, on spatial planning in compliance with legality and the protection of the public interest, in energy, with the aim of further reducing prices and protecting vulnerable social groups, in the rational management of natural resources, but also the simplification of procedures, with a reduction in bureaucracy, acceleration of investments and protection of natural resources. He characterized as remarkable the enormous development of RES, as our country is among the leading countries in the world", as he said.