Word: papandreou
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Papandreou changes his mind on U.S. bases
Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou called it "a historic day for Greece." Flanked by his entire Cabinet, he announced last week that his government had just initialed a new agreement allowing the U.S. to keep four major military bases and 20 smaller installations in Greece for another five years. The accord, which climaxed nine months of difficult negotiations, signaled a change of attitude for Papandreou, who campaigned in 1981 on a pledge to close down the bases and pull Greece out of NATO...
Even so, Greeks interpreted the agreement as a major triumph for Papandreou. President Constantine Karamanlis, a staunch advocate of Greece's alliance with the West, congratulated the government on the agreement. Only the Communists expressed dissatisfaction. They sent 6,000 demonstrators into the streets of Athens to protest...
American diplomats also expressed satisfaction with the agreement. Said a senior State Department official: "It benefits the U.S., Greece and the NATO alliance." Most important, it reaffirms Greece's commitment to the West. If Papandreou has softened his attitude toward NATO, it is because he realized after taking office that a withdrawal from the alliance would probably result in an increase in Western military aid to Turkey, which Greece feels poses the most direct threat to its security...
...jobless has continued to grow. After an ill-advised attempt to spur the economy through consumer spending, the French Socialists turned to unpopular wage and price controls to stem inflation. As controls were lifted last week, subway, railroad and airline workers promptly began striking for higher wages. In Greece, Papandreou's more moderate brand of socialism has fared better. In nationwide municipal elections late last month, the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) won control over more than half of the nation's 276 cities and nearly 6,000 smaller communities. But the election also revealed some dissatisfaction with...