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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-02-18
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[01] PASOK leader chairs party meeting
[01] PASOK leader chairs party meeting
Main opposition PASOK party leader George Papandreou chaired a meeting
of the party's political and coordinating body on Monday, during which
current developments, the course towards PASOK's congress and
international developments were discussed.
As regards the party's congress, Papandreou said that it will signal a
new beginning for the party's course, while stressing the need for the
party's coordinated course, despite what is being said in the mass
media.
An extensive briefing was made during the meeting on the issue of the
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's (FYROM) name and Papandreou
reiterated in principle his position that the ruling New Democracy (ND)
party and the government "have proved that they lack a strategy and are
in the grips of a petty partisan conception."
Papandreou accused the government of choosing the position of "you
leave behind problems if you cannot tackle them," resulting in fait
accomplis and crises being produced.
The PASOK leader assessed that the government is in an extremely
difficult position on the issue of FYROM, "due to its handling and its
policy", adding that PASOK believes that the United States has decided
the accession of FYROM, Croatia and Albania to NATO, despite the
evaluations of the government and the foreign minister.
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