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...supposed to unite us all under our common values and culture (which were most of them, incidentally, inspired by Hellenic heritage) in order to fight together for a better and fairer world. Or that was the story they sold us anyway. Where is the E.U. now that the Greeks need it? Where are our European fellow men and women, at a time when the oldest nation and culture of the continent needs them most, in order to face down the serious financial and social crisis they are undergoing? Georgios N. Diamantis, BARCELONA, SPAIN...
...years. So the fact that they call me decent after 29 years shows you can be decent in politics. There is this concept of politics as a dirty game. It's a difficult game, but it doesn't have to be dirty. I think this is what we need to bring to politics. I think politics around the world has very often been captured by big interests - lobbies they call them in the States. (See how Americans are spending...
...perhaps build it in the first place. It's easy to say you want to end corruption, but how do you actually change that political culture? The first thing is to realize that it exists as a problem and that we've accomplished already. People are saying: 'we do need this change. We do want to have a different state. We do want to fight corruption.' How do you do that? I think here we don't have to invent the wheel. For example, there are some things we can do which modern technology allows us to do, which makes...
...that's what I've said also in the European Union. We want to use this as an opportunity to change Greece, but let's also use it as an opportunity in Europe, to see what's wrong in our rules and regulations in the eurozone. Do we need greater economic coordination and governance? In fact, the decision we made two days ago was not only about Greece, it was about Europe. It was about setting up a mechanism and even setting up a task force which may even bring in new rules, new ideas, new changes...
...difficult game, but it doesn't have to be dirty." Greeks, Papandreou argues, want to deal with the rot eroding their society. "The first thing is to realize [corruption] exists as a problem, and that we've already accomplished," he says. "Already people are saying we do need a change. We do want to have a different state. We do want to fight corruption...