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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-07-01
CONTENTS
[01] PM: Gov't took tough, necessary steps
[02] EIB signs 2.258-bln-euro loan agreement with Greece
[01] PM: Gov't took tough, necessary steps
(ANA-MPA) -- Prime Minister George Papandreou, addressing a Cabinet
meeting on Thursday, stressed that "the targets we had set in our
programme are valid in full."
Nevertheless, the conceded that some of the issues, such as those
concerning salaries, are being temporarily postponed due to the major
fiscal and debt crisis that the country is experiencing.
"The targets, principles, the starting point of the targets are those
that remain," he stressed, and added that at the same time they are
those that must be turned into practice. "All that we promised must be
turned into practice because they are those that deal a blow at the
problem at its root," he said. (ANA-MPA)
"The struggle is for us to avoid certain bankruptcy", he said, "which
would have multiple disastrous consequences, not only for the economy
and the country's reliability, but for all families, for all of the
country's households ... The decisions were difficult," he stressed
(ANA-MPA) and added that they were necessary "so that the basic rights
of the citizens could be protected, as an ultimate analysis."
[02] EIB signs 2.258-bln-euro loan agreement with Greece
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