Word: union
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...Greeks who are expecting this change or the international community? Both, I think. First of all, the international community because in a sense in the European Union we have become a test case of both the euro - its survival - and how to deal with this high deficit in a time of crisis. It's not only a Greek problem. Our bad ways, if you like, or our difficulties or our wrong decisions, have exacerbated the problem of the international crisis in Greece. (Read: "Germany: Tensions...
This crisis has exposed some of the challenges of the European Union. Do you still have as much faith in the European project having gone through this recent crisis...
...What does that mean? It means we pool our sovereignty. We, each one of these 27 countries, have given up some of our sovereignty to a higher body, the European Union. And said, we'll be more effective if we work together. We're different countries. We speak different languages. We have different backgrounds. We have different traditions. We've even been at war with each other at times, but we share a common pool of values: democracy, human rights, belief in the peaceful resolution of conflict, social cohesion and now, of course, the idea of a green economy...
...sort of an unraveling effect. I think what Europe has been able to do over the years is as it's hit crises, it's been able to creatively become stronger, to use the crisis as an opportunity and 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...
Papandreou is most animated talking not economics, but human rights and the environment. A few days ago, after returning from Brussels with a deal that will see the European Union bail Greece out if everything else fails, he relaxed with a long bike ride. "He doesn't have the ability to inspire the public like his father, but that may be a sign of maturity in the Greek public," says Stan Draenos, a Greek-American academic who has written an upcoming biography of Andreas Papandreou. "The age of heroes is over...