Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Greek foreign minister talks of a new financial transactions tax
Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Lambrinidis jokes that his ability to draw an audience comes from morbid curiosity in the economic fate of his small European country. "They want to see what a dead man looks like," he says with a laugh. With many observers proclaiming that Greece is on the brink of bankruptcy, Lambrinidis is in the U.S. pushing the message that Greece is not a lost cause, heralding his government's commitment to radical cuts in public spending and insisting its European partners will not let it fail.
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Los Angeles Times
