Quotes by George Papandreou

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Georgios A. Papandreou is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011.
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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 th...

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The Marshall Plan was after destruction, and the U.S. came to our help and obviously this was very, very important for the future of Europe. I think now we have all the capabilities of doing it on our own and, in a sense, we have to.

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

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Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolution.

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As long as I feel I am doing what I think is right and just for my country, for the Greek people, that is enough for me. Saving Greece from this crisis was the first thing on the agenda. We are now on a much more normalised road.

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When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician.

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If we had a consensus we wouldn't have to go to a referendum.

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We are on a difficult course, on a new Odyssey for Greece, but we know the road to Ithaca and have charted the waters.

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But sovereign debt is a wider question not only in Europe but across the globe. While every country is a unique case, I think it's not an issue of countries acting on their own. We need a more coordinated strategy not only in Europe but around the wo...

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Many people have been pontificating, and patronizing, and moralizing, and scapegoating, saying you Greeks, you are the problem. I would say we Greeks have a problem. We are not the problem.

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If we were the problem, it would be very convenient - kick Greece out, everything's fine. What would happen to Spain, what about Portugal, what about Italy, what about the whole of the euro zone? We need more cooperation and less simplification and p...

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The Greek people do not want to exit the euro. And I believe the Greek people already have shown that they have made major sacrifices to stay in the euro zone.

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I would say we are a friend in need and I am sure that the Greek people would very much welcome the choice of the British people to come and enjoy Greece, first of all, but also that would be a sign of support.

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The unemployed in Greece can get a voucher and choose a training program somewhere in Europe to be retrained during this crisis and when this crisis is over, we make sure that that person hasn't fallen off the cliff and can come back into the labor m...

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We have a rise of extremism because we need to give a sense that we are targeting some of the deeper problems in Greece, the injustices.

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I would like to see Greece as a case study, an opportunity for Europe to strengthen its coordination of fiscal policy.

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I am proud of being a Greek of the diaspora.

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I have a deep sense of responsibility to my country and Greek people.

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Europe is a strong market for the U.S. If it has problems, if there's a lack of consumer confidence, if there's a deeper recession, this will deeply affect jobs in the U.S.

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The structures in Europe in a globalising economy need to be modernised, need to be more integrated, need to be stronger.

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Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs.

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Author Bio

  • NameGeorge Papandreou
  • DescriptionGreek politician
  • BornJune 16, 1952
  • CountryGreece
  • ProfessionPolitician; Diplomat; Sociologist
  • AwardsGrand Cross Of The Order Of The Crown; Grand Cross Of The Order Of Isabella The Catholic