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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-02-17
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[01] Commission report on economy positive, PM told
[01] Commission report on economy positive, PM told
Prime minister Costas Karamanlis conferred with national economy and
finance minister George Alogoskoufis on Friday morning, focusing on
developments in the economy and the reforms programme.
Replying to press questions after the meeting on the prospect of
general elections, following a call for early elections on Thursday by
main opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou, Alogoskoufis said that
"the government is at the half-way point of its term in office, it is
implementing its reforms programme with great success and a programme
that will bring the country out of the economic problems of the past",
adding that "the opposition has its own reasons for creating
diversions".
Alogoskoufis also said that the draft of EU monetary affairs
commissioner Joaquin Almunia's report on the Greek economy that was
made public was "positive", as it did not call for the introduction of
additional measures, and only for the implementation of the budget.
The report is slated to be discussed next week by the European
Commission (at its weekly meeting), and after that by the Council of
Ministers.
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