Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-09-13

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CONTENTS

[01] Karamanlis, Papandreou newspaper interviews

[02] KKE leader addresses supporters

[03] Athens Newspaper Headlines

[01] Karamanlis, Papandreou newspaper interviews

Conversely, main opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou proposed a "social pact" in the labour and business sectors to promote what he called a resurgence of the economy and an exit from the ongoing economic crisis.

In an interview appearing in the Sunday edition of "Kathimerini", Karamanlis promised to create an autonomous public administration ministry, as well as a new environment ministry along with the merger of the health and social insurances ministries.

On his part, and in an interview appearing in the weekly "Proto Thema", promised to cut the salaries of so-called "golden boys", a euphemism of late for high-paid and mostly youngish executive in the wider public sector, as well as to tax major property holdings, offshore companies, large inheritances and to abolish numerous state agencies and entities.

[02] KKE leader addresses supporters

She again added that a vote for the communist party means the creation of a robust obstacle to anti-popular measures she said both other parties have in mind.

Turning her criticism to other smaller parties, and especially the leftist rival SYRIZA grouping, Papariga said the "smaller parties are merely an impediment to radicalism," stating that the aforementioned party as well as rightist LA.OS and the neophyte Greens-Ecologists grouping support the view of solutions "within the dominant policy in favour of big capital".

[03] Athens Newspaper Headlines

ADESMEFTOS TYPOS: "George Papandreou the USA's representative in our national issues."

APOGEVMATINI: "Scientific opinion poll by reliable Pulse (firm): PASOK losing ground".

AVGI: "SYRIZA important in difficult times".

AVRIANI: "Testimony by (former Siemens Hellas CEO Michalis) Christoforakos burns Geitonas, Vartholomeos".

ELEFTHEROTYPIA: "Five election traps".

ETHNOS: "Self-sufficient government or again to ballot box".

EPOCHI (weekly): "(Election) Victory with prospects with SYRIZA".

FREE SUNDAY (weekly): "Dynamic for self-sufficient government".

KATHIMERINI: "Costas Karamanlis' interview: What I will change in appointees, structure and operation of government and premier's office".

LOGOS: "Margins narrowing for Karamanlis".

NIKI: "George's contract with the Greek people and Greece".

PARON (weekly): "Election lists closing. Papandreou's selections provoking".

PROTO THEMA (weekly): "George Papandreou's interview: My contract with the people".

REAL NEWS (weekly):" Battle for the candidates' lists. Simitis 'domino' also in ND, who's on the way out".

RIZOSPASTIS: "KKE's election battle for strengthening of popular self-sufficiency".

VIMA: "Painful path towards elections for Mr. C. Karamanlis. (Ruling) New Democracy party with its back to the wall".

VRADYNI: "George's (Papandreou) own-goal with (exclusion) of (former PM Costas) Simitis".

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