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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-09-03
CONTENTS
[01] PM rules out snap elections, says gov't will bring Greece out
of crisis
[01] PM rules out snap elections, says gov't will bring Greece out
of crisis
Greek prime minister George Papandreou said that his ruling PASOK party
will bring Greece out of supervision and dependence and have it stand on
its own two feet once again, addressing a PASOK national conference on
Saturday, and effectively ruled out early general elections, saying that
"the citizens will judge us in 2013" (when the current government's term
in office ends).
By then, he added, "not only will we have succeeded in Greece emerging
from the crisis but we will also have completed the many and important
changes that will lay the foundations for a different course for Greece
in the future".
Papandreou's address marked the opening of the two-day national
conference, taking place amid stringent security at the Olympic Tae Kwon
Do indoor complex in Neo Faliro, near Piraeus, which will set out the
party's directions and priorities for the coming period. The conference
is attended by PASOK members and friends, representatives of institutional
social agencies and citizens' action groups.
According to an introductory note of the national conference, "at the
present political, social and economic conjuncture, through mass and
democratic procedures, PASOK is attempting to make deep changes that
will re-determine the country's developmental priorities, strengthen
the social cohesion and reinforce social solidarity and justice".
In a series of pre-conference meetings, discussions were held on six
themes: Public Administration and Local Government, Development and
change of production model, the Social State, National Security policy,
Hellenism of the Diaspora, and PASOK and the socialist potential today.
The conference marks the 37th anniversary of the founding of the
Panhellenic Socialist Movement on September 3, 1974, by the late former
prime minister Andreas Papandreou, father of current prime minister and
PASOK leader George Papandreou.
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