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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.

George Papandreou

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George Papandreou
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 16
Diplomat
Former Prime Minister Of Greece
Politician
Sociologist
St Paul
Minnesota
George Andreas Papandreou
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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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It is important that the Greek people make decisions on important developments.
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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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I would like to see Greece as a case study, an opportunity for Europe to strengthen its coordination of fiscal policy.
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Politics also means educating people. It's important to speak openly with our fellow Greeks, to tell them what our problems are and that we have to change something.
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There is this concept of politics as a dirty game.
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This idea that you're a successful tough guy if you evade taxes and deceive the state has got to change.
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Countries are not like financial markets. Social change cannot be executed as swiftly as credit-default swaps. You cannot sell short on social commitments and practical responsibilities.
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If Greece had gone through a very normal political life, I may have not been in politics. But just the fact that I lived through huge upheavals and very difficult struggles and polarization and the barbarism of dictatorships - that made me feel that we had to change this country.
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If we were going to default, we would have decided that many months ago. It would be wrong for the Greek economy, it would be wrong for the European economy, it would make things worse in the end. That's why we're taking the pain and making these structural reforms, and we're on target.
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Today I want to send a message of optismism to all Greeks. Our road, our path, will be more stabilised. Our country will be in a better situation. We will be stronger.
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This is global governance in the making. But we must agree, and agree to a binding commitment.
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Greece's history in the drachma was an up-and-down history, a roller coaster.
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Many people have been pontificating, and patronizing, and moralizing, and scapegoating, saying you Greeks, you are the problem. I would say we Greeks have a problem. We are not the problem.
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We in Europe have great capacities.
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Markets are saying pretty much what I'm saying too: that Greece is doing what it can, but that Greece is not going to be able to carry the weight of all of Europe and the other problems that Europe has.
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My hope is that we will turn Greece into maybe the most transparent country in the world with everything on the web.
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When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician.
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The real problem in Greece is not cutting taxes, it's making sure that we don't have tax evasion.
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Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises.
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