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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-06-05
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[01] PASOK leader presents 'viable city' proposals
[01] PASOK leader presents 'viable city' proposals
Main opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou presented on Monday
night 16 proposals for a "viable city", during an event held in the
Athens district of Nea Smyrni at which the inaugural proclamation of
the ticket "Nea Smyrni-City with a face" of mayoral candidate Nora
Katseli was made.
Papandreou sressed that his proposals constituted action axes for local
administration and would be included in PASOK's action programme after
the national elections, expressing certainty that PASOK will win them.
Some of the proposals are that the city should become a centre of
innovation with educational, cultural and other services being
provided, the city must be financially independent and have independent
funds, cities must have urban renewal with protection for building
heritage and have a target of increasing greenery by 20 percent per
inhabitant over a period of four years, while local programmes for the
procurement and production of energy must be developed.
The PASOK party leader also said that World Environment Day signals
PASOK's intention and will for human, viable and green cities and
criticised the government for, "as was the case with a series of other
major issues, losing the opportunity to utilise the heritge left by the
Olympic Games and abandoned this capital which belongs to the Greek
people."
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