George Papandreou
George Papandreou
George Jeffrey Papandreou, commonly anglicised to George and shortened to Giorgosin Greek, is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth16 June 1952
CitySaint Paul, MN
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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.
deeper favour pool strength
Europe has a lot of strength. We need to pool that strength, and I am very much in favour of that - more of a deeper political union.
difficult odyssey road
We are on a difficult course, on a new Odyssey for Greece, but we know the road to Ithaca and have charted the waters.
crucial proud
We're very proud to be part of the eurozone. But this comes with obligations and it is crucial we show the world we can live up to those obligations.
deeper extremism targeting
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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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.
If we had a consensus we wouldn't have to go to a referendum.
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We are a country with great potential. We have the political will to make deep changes in a just and equitable way, to put our country back on a development path, to meet the challenges of a new world.
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The fact that we're going through a crisis is an opportunity for Europe to be more coordinated and more integrated. We're actually talking about a European Monetary Fund or euro bonds, about guarantees for countries, about economic governance in the European Union. That shows the strength of Europe.
change people
Already people are saying we do need a change.
previous took
Previous governments, particularly the one before I took over, mismanaged the economy quite badly.
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Markets themselves are looking for stability, and I think we have underestimated the capacity of Europe... to actually create a more stable framework for the whole issue of debt management, bonds, and so on.
reality
You can theorise about the options you have but in reality they are very specific.
successful ideas guy
This idea that you're a successful tough guy if you evade taxes and deceive the state has got to change.