Greek - Statesman | June 16, 1952 -
Every leader wants to put his or her imprint on the work that they do, and grow up in specific eras.
George Papandreou
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There is this concept of politics as a dirty game. It's a difficult game, but it doesn't have to be dirty. I think this is what we need to bring to politics. I think politics around the world has very often been captured by big interests - 'lobbies' they call them in the States.
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The structures in Europe in a globalising economy need to be modernised, need to be more integrated, need to be stronger.
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The more there is a European solution to a theoretical, but possible, problem in the markets, the less we will have to talk about an I.M.F. solution.
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Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs.
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The unemployed in Greece can get a voucher and choose a training program somewhere in Europe to be retrained during this crisis and when this crisis is over, we make sure that that person hasn't fallen off the cliff and can come back into the labor market with new skills to find a job.
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We have a rise of extremism because we need to give a sense that we are targeting some of the deeper problems in Greece, the injustices.
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We have made major reforms in Greece. When I took over after a landslide victory we had a mandate for change and I knew my major focus would be re-organizing the state.
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Very often, people will come out and say, 'Greeks aren't doing things, Greeks aren't making changes, there's no reform,' That is hogwash. We have made a huge effort. The Greek people have made a huge effort.
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Greece has great strengths, but much of this potential has been wasted. That's because of a wider political system, but also because of a lack of an institutional framework.
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We in Europe have great capacities.
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If you put all the European countries together, we are the biggest economy in the world.
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