Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-02-02

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] Gov't spokeswoman Gerovassili rules out scenarios of early elections

[02] Greece and Germany are allies and partners in the management of the refugee crisis, says Alt.FM Xydakis

[01] Gov't spokeswoman Gerovassili rules out scenarios of early elections

Gerovassili stressed the importance of completing the program review as soon as possible and reiterated that the government meets its commitments. She described the climate of the negotiations started on Monday as positive adding that the aim is to have the program review completed by March.

She underlined that the government remains committed to the proposal for dialogue with the farmers and spoke of interests that make use of the farmers anxiety destabilising the government and creating a climate of political turmoil.

[02] Greece and Germany are allies and partners in the management of the refugee crisis, says Alt.FM Xydakis

"Germany has saved and received people regardless of what some extreme circles inside the country say and Germany is Greece's ally and partner, they have a relation," said Xydakis.

Referring to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, he said that with lots of courage she successfully overturned the stereotypes. "There is a significant part of the public opinion in Germany that supports her but extreme voices exist in her party too."

Commenting on the continuous aggressive statements of European officials against the Greek government's dealing with the refugees issue, he said that based on the national law of the European countries, nothing different from what is applied can be done and reminded that if Italy, Germany, Sweden and Austria are excluded, there are a number of countries that accepted a few number of refugees or none.

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