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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-05-17
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[01] Outgoing PM: Greek exit from euro would be 'strategic defeat'
[01] Outgoing PM: Greek exit from euro would be 'strategic defeat'
AMNA--Outgpoing prime minister Lucas Papademos urged that Greece's course
in Europe be safeguarded, warning that a Greek exit from the euro would
be a 'strategic defeat', in an open letter to the Greek people appearing
on the prime minister's website (http://www.primeminister.gov.gr)
on Thursday.
The sacrifices of the Greek people were not without substance, Papademos
said, adding his optimism that Greece's European course will not be
revered, but warned of the dangers: "Greece's exit from the eurozone
would constitute not only economic catastrophe but a strategic defeat
of the country."amna
"With their vote in the May 6 elections, a large section of our
fellow citizens expressed their desire for a revision of the economic
policy programme. Every change, with whatever margins may exist, must
be sought in full understanding and a spirit of consensus with our
European partners. A unilateral abrogation of the country's contractual
commitments would be catastrophic for Greece, as it would inevitably
lead us outside the euro and possibly outside the European Union,"
Papademos wrote
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