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But is Papandreou the man to haul Greece - and PASOK - into the 21st century? He may carry a famous political name, but Papandreou is not cut from the same cloth as most Greek politicians. Trim and fit, the U.S.-born Prime Minister (his mother, Margaret, is from Illinois) lived much...
His father's PASOK was full of tough loyalists, but Papandreou's party is multi-lingual, urbane and filled with people like Tina Birbili, the new Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change, who shows up to Cabinet meetings in jeans, hauling her papers in a backpack. (See 25 people...
But changing Greece will not be easy. Papandreou is pushing ahead with pension reforms and an overhaul that will see more Greeks pay tax. Some of his efforts to improve governance - he wants to put all government decisions and documents on the Internet, for instance - have already been resisted by...
Papandreou says he wants Greece to become the Sweden of the Mediterranean - powered by green energy and boutique tourism - and says it is possible to have both a generous welfare system and a competitive economy. Despite the bumps of the past few months, he remains optimistic about the European project...
Kiviat's insightful piece should be required reading for every employer, employee and officeholder in this country.