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Athens News Agency: News in English, 09-03-04
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[01] Alavanos raps banks, gov't
[01] Alavanos raps banks, gov't
Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) Parliamentary group leader Alekos
Alavanos, speaking in the Cretan city of Irakleio on Wednesday,
charged that the prime minister's visit to the president would be
useful "if there was a government that realised what was
self-evident."
Alavanos added that the government should not support bankers but
"socially beneficial" banks, that it should not spend tax money in a
huge wave of armaments and relevant expenditures, as he said.
Meanwhile, Coalition of the Left (Synaspismos) party leader Alexis
Tsipras toured the Evangelismos hospital in Athens on Wednesday and,
addressing its staff, said the prime minister is calling for
consensus while invoking the global economic crisis, but "in
essence, he is calling for time to stay in power and for an alibi
for his policy."
Tsipras also spoke of a "social deficit", stressing that the
percentage of GDP expenditures for health stands at 2.4 percent when
the average in the European Union is 13.6 percent.
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