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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-12-28
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[01] Gov't spokeswoman Gerovassili reacts to Schaeuble's comments
[01] Gov't spokeswoman Gerovassili reacts to Schaeuble's comments
"Someone must remind (German Finance Minister Wolfgang) Schaeuble that
Greece is giving a huge battle of humanism at the EU borders, even in
conditions of economic and social crisis after five years of continuous
austerity," government spokeswoman Olga Gerovassili said on Monday.
"The vast majority of Europeans recognize it. He prefers to attack Greece
verbally, apparently for his own party reasons," she added.
Schaeuble told a German paper that Greece has ignored for years the
rules of the Dublin Regulation which oblige migrants to file for asylum
in the first country of the European Union they arrive in.
Speaking to Germany's "Bild am Sonntag" newspaper, Schaeuble noted that
his country's courts have ruled that Germany will not be returned to
Greece, as behavior towards refugees and migrants was not humane.
Commenting on the Greek crisis, the minister also said that only
structural reforms will improve the country's economy and that Greeks
must not blame others for their problems.
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