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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.
George Papandreou
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George Papandreou
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 16
Diplomat
Former Prime Minister Of Greece
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St Paul
Minnesota
George Andreas Papandreou
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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 always said I will be in politics to serve as best as I can and it will take me wherever it will take me.
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It is important that the Greek people make decisions on important developments.
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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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Europe is a strong market for the U.S. If it has problems, if there's a lack of consumer confidence, if there's a deeper recession, this will deeply affect jobs in the U.S.
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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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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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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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People would say you look weak if you're not cursing the opposition and driving around in a big black car while always wearing a tie. Above all, to be 'strong' you're always supposed to be giving orders.
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I never thought of politics as a profession.
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There is this concept of politics as a dirty game.
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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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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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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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Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs.
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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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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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The Marshall Plan was after destruction, and the U.S. came to our help and obviously this was very, very important for the future of Europe. I think now we have all the capabilities of doing it on our own and, in a sense, we have to.
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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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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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