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PM: Changes essential, even without crisis
(ANA-MPA) -- Even if Greece had no debt or deficit problem, the radical changes made by the government would have been necessary to avoid debts and deficits in the future, Prime Minister George Papandreou told a meeting of his Cabinet on Wednesday.
"The emergency measures that we took last year were essential and their aim was to save the country," he emphasised in a review of the government's course until now.
Papandreou said that PASOK had sought power in order to make major changes and that its policies sought to create the conditions to change people's lives for the better.
"We want Greece to be open and fair and economically strong and stable," he added, noting that the changes to economic policy, the state, health, the labour market and education were "self-evident" and should have been made years ago.
The prime minister urged a final break with clientelist politics and asserted that the vast majority of the electorate support the effort for change.
(ana.gr)
(ANA-MPA) -- Even if Greece had no debt or deficit problem, the radical changes made by the government would have been necessary to avoid debts and deficits in the future, Prime Minister George Papandreou told a meeting of his Cabinet on Wednesday.
"The emergency measures that we took last year were essential and their aim was to save the country," he emphasised in a review of the government's course until now.
Papandreou said that PASOK had sought power in order to make major changes and that its policies sought to create the conditions to change people's lives for the better.
"We want Greece to be open and fair and economically strong and stable," he added, noting that the changes to economic policy, the state, health, the labour market and education were "self-evident" and should have been made years ago.
The prime minister urged a final break with clientelist politics and asserted that the vast majority of the electorate support the effort for change.
(ana.gr)