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Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises.

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
Corruption
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Public
Government
Enterprises
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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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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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I never thought of politics as a profession.
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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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When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician.
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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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There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.
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Greece's history in the drachma was an up-and-down history, a roller coaster.
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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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I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together.
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