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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-01-20
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[01] Venizelos at ACCI event marking Greek EU presidency
[01] Venizelos at ACCI event marking Greek EU presidency
ANA-MPA -- Government vice-president and Foreign Minister Evangelos
Venizelos on Monday attended an event organised by the Athens Chamber
of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) at the Hilton hotel in Athens, to mark
the start of Greece's stint in the European Union presidency.
During the event, at which the ACCI also cut the traditional 'New Year'
cake, Venizelos stressed that 2014 would be the year of a final exit from
bailout memorandums and the crisis and stressed that the government was
"banking on the real economy" to achieve this.
He also expressed his conviction that things were changing and that the
major sacrifices demanded of the Greek people were finally beginning to
yield results.
ACCI President Costantinos Michalos said that 2014 will be a
"landmark-year" for Greece but stressed that growth could not recover as
long as households and businesses continued to be squeezed by high taxes.
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