Tuesday, March 15, 2011

ND on Eurogroup decisions

The main opposition New Democracy (ND) party on
Tuesday accused the government of having a "secret agenda" that includes new economic measures.
ND spokesman Yiannis Mihelakis called on the government to reveal the commitments, as he said, that it has undertaken in last Friday's EU summit meeting as regards the adoption of new economic measures, stressing that "we want to know if there are any new terms and commitments for new measures". 
Mihelakis also stressed that ND leader Antonis Samaras had referred long ago to the decisions on the extension of the debt repayment period and the interest rate reduction adding that the extension decision was made by the Eurogroup in November.
Commenting on Ireland's stance in Brussels, the ND spokesman stated that Dublin opted for economic growth instead of raising taxation on investments, while at the same time he pointed out that Portugal chose to borrow with high interest rates instead of having recourse to the support mechanism. "They did it to salvage economic growth whereas the ruling PASOK government has taken a divorce from economic growth," he stressed.









source: ANA-MPA