#it

I think the funds that have been pledged at Euro Summit, combined with the outcome of the private sector involvement process should be sufficient in order to support financially the Greek Economy. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#combined #economy #euro #financially #funds

You can theorise about the options you have but in reality they are very specific. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#options #reality #specific #very #you

Our membership of the euro is a guarantee of monetary stability and creates the right conditions for sustainable growth. Our membership of the euro is the only choice. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#conditions #creates #euro #growth #guarantee

The new co-operation government will do the best it can to address the country's problems, and I believe that with the co-operation of all - and the new government stresses this - and the unity of all, we will achieve that. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#address #believe #best #co-operation #country

I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#becoming #country #dictatorship #during #family

Europe has a lot of strength. We need to pool that strength, and I am very much in favour of that - more of a deeper political union. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#deeper #europe #favour #i #i am

Greece has given Europe the opportunity to fix a defect in the euro zone, that is the fact that we did not have a fiscal union. Now steps have been taken to begin that process. And there is more solidarity from nation to nation, and that is a good thing. That has been Greece's gift to Europe. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#been #begin #defect #did #euro

I never thought of politics as a profession. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#never #politics #profession #thought

People would say you look weak if you're not cursing the opposition and driving around in a big black car while always wearing a tie. Above all, to be 'strong' you're always supposed to be giving orders. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#always #around #big #black #car

There is this concept of politics as a dirty game. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#dirty #game #politics