Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-12-20

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] PASOK leader predicts 'year of victory' in 2006

[02] Jordan's Abdallah II in Greece for 2-day visit this week

[01] PASOK leader predicts 'year of victory' in 2006

He said this concerned both the municipal and prefectural elections and "anything else that may arise", seen as a reference to possible early elections.

Papandreou again criticised the government for "adopting minimum effort tactics" at the recent European summit in Brussels, instead of trying to form alliances with other countries to achieve better results.

He accused the government of waxing triumphant about the 4th Community Support Framework (CSF), which lay in an uncertain future, when it was widely seen as having "messed up" in its handling of the 3rd CSF.

Papandreou stressed that in agriculture, Greece had received less than countries without a developed agricultural sector, such as Sweden.

PASOK's leader also strenuously rejected the government's arguments that it lacked positions, saying that his party had positions that were "progressive and radical" and proposals that "value the past, and the work we are proud of, but also proposals that look to the future".

[02] Jordan's Abdallah II in Greece for 2-day visit this week

Following a meeting with Papoulias, the Jordanian monarch will lead his country's delegation at a signing ceremony for two agreements, one centring on tourism cooperation and the other for protection of investments.

According to a tentative itinerary, Papoulias will host a working breakfast for the Jordanian royal couple on Wednesday, whereas Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyanni will bestow on Abdallah the municipality's Gold Medallion of the City of Athens in the afternoon.

Additionally, an agreement between the municipalities of Athens and Amman will be signed.

Jordan's monarch will meet on Thursday with Parliament President Anna Psarouda-Benaki as well as with the president of the Federation of Greek Industries (SEB), Odysseas Kyriakopoulos, and other Greek entrepreneurs.

Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis will receive the Jordanian head of state on Thursday, with separate meetings scheduled afterwards with main opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou and Communist Party of Greece (KKE) general secretary Aleka Papariga.

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