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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-09-17
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[01] PASOK criticises gov't over OA rescue plan
[01] PASOK criticises gov't over OA rescue plan
The main opposition PASOK sharply criticised on Wednesday a government
plan, also approved by the EU Commission, to rescue ailing national
carrier Olympic Airways, with party spokesman George Papaconstantinou
saying that "for the first time we heard a government minister
rejoicing over a solution that will include an EU commissioner."
The spokesman also said that by announcing the "end of Olympic
Airlines" Trasport Minister Costis Hatzidakis spoke "not as a minister
of the government, but as an EU commissioner."
Papaconstantinou termed the outcome of negotiations on Olympic Airlines
as the "worst possible result" and when asked if "specific interests
lie behind the government's choice" he said that "objectively, the
specific choice serves interests. In no way do we want to incriminate
other business activities in the air transport sector. We want neither
a private nor a state monopoly, we want healthy and viable Olympic
Airlines that will convince its customers. What is about to be lost at
this moment is the citizen's possibility of making choices."
The spokesman further said that "we all know that Olympic Airlines need
a new framework to be able to stand up to competition, we are all aware
that it has had problems for years and that new viable Olympic Airlines
are necessary with state and private capital and with strategic
alliances."
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