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Robinson failed to mention that the E.U. is a completely new idea: something never seen before. So Europe isn't "self-doubting," Europe is improving itself. For instance the bailout of Greece shows Europe's ability to react to a never seen situation: there are now discussions over a European monetary fund. Etienne Delaunay, REUTLINGEN, GERMANY...
...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 in the law, new changes in the treaty of how we govern our economy, and how we govern the European Union. That I think is the beauty of Europe, that even though it's very complicated at times, lots of countries, lots of actors...
...belief is - that we can do this. Sometimes crises are catalysts for change. I do believe in a few years, we'll be proud to say that we went through this very difficult time, and we've come out a Greece that is a different type of Greece - a new model of development, a green Greece, with green energy and tourism and so on, but also with greater capacity, more competitive, more transparent...
Greeks describe their new Prime Minister with words like decent or humane. In the brutal world of Greek politics, though, those aren't always compliments. Despite PASOK's overwhelming victory last year, Papandreou's elevation owed much to the self-destruction of the governing center-right New Democracy Party. Opponents dismissed him as Yiorgaki, or "little George." (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...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 to blame for the financial crisis...