Greek - Statesman | June 16, 1952 -
Already people are saying we do need a change.
George Papandreou
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Europe has a lot of strength. We need to pool that strength, and I am very much in favour of that - more of a deeper political union.
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I never thought of politics as a profession.
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We are a country with great potential. We have the political will to make deep changes in a just and equitable way, to put our country back on a development path, to meet the challenges of a new world.
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We stand united, facing the big responsibility to change our country into a nation of justice, solidarity, humanity and green development.
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I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together.
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I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today.
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Previous governments, particularly the one before I took over, mismanaged the economy quite badly.
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We had about 60 regions in Greece and now there are only 13. It'd be like cutting down 50 states to 13 and making it more efficient.
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I have been supporting the European Union, but we are still a work in progress. We have to become more of a United States of Europe. We should talk about electing a president of the E.U., rather than having one selected from the heads of government.
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But sovereign debt is a wider question not only in Europe but across the globe. While every country is a unique case, I think it's not an issue of countries acting on their own. We need a more coordinated strategy not only in Europe but around the world.
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At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep faith and deep confidence in the potential of the Greek people; nurture the belief that they can do things.
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