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Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-10-24
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[01] President Papoulias receives former Coalition party president
[01] President Papoulias receives former Coalition party president
President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias on Monday received the
former leader of the Coalition of the Left, Movements and Ecology
party, Nikos Constantopoulos, who asked him to convene a meeting of
political party leaders chaired by Papoulias in order to discuss
foreign policy and the overall political climate domestically.
According to Constantopoulos, Greece appeared to be fighting a
"rearguard action" in foreign policy instead of organising a dynamic
foreign policy to take advantage of opportunities made possible by the
European framework and international developments.
On the domestic front, the former party leader pointed to the incessant
scandal-mongering and cross-accusations of corruption, saying that "it
is clear that the lack of an effective and reliable policy for dealing
with problems of corruption and graft is keeping democracy hostage."
As long as this climate continued, politicians lost their autonomy and
democracy was daily abused by "a vast and predominant state of kitsch,"
he added.
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