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A new
version of ambiguities, contradictions, but truths also, was released
by the Greek PM Antonis Samaras during the common press conference
with the president of the European commission José Manuel Barroso
yesterday (08/01/2014), for the ceremony of the Greek presidency of
the EU.
The
journalist asks the following question:
“A
question for both of you. I would like to ask the following: Many in
Europe have positive things to say about the Greek, the Hellenic
presidency and the way our country is facing the crisis, however,
there are people who are reserved or even critical about our country.
What do you have to say about these people who are very critical
towards our country?”
And the
answer of the Greek PM is as follows:
“Look,
everybody has the right, and I respect this right, of their own
opinion. I believe, however that the best one can answer this
question, is the one that monitors the most objective data that are
available today. These are numbers, what are these numbers? A year
before the program, a year before what was expected in the program,
we will have a primary surplus.
And I
would like to say to your foreign colleagues, who are giving us the
pleasure of being here in Athens today that, for a country that in
the last three years has lost 25% of its GDP, for a country in which,
if you add to this 25% taxes, inflation, for the average citizen this
is equivalent to losing 38% - 40% of his disposable income.
Now, when
this country, such a country, manages, a year before what was
predicted in the program, to achieve a primary surplus, well I
believe that this number provides the best possible answer, we had
the fastest budgetary fiscal adjustment ever achieved in the world.”
The amazing
here is that, Samaras says, in essence that numbers are the best
answer to those who dispute Greece's success to deal with the
economic crisis and, to support this, refers to the only and
extremely advertised argument of the "primary surplus"
without presenting any numbers.
Right after,
on the contrary, he presents some numbers which prove, not only the
destruction of the Greek economy, but also the destruction of the
Greek citizens! (“... a country that in the last three years has
lost 25% of its GDP, for a country in which, if you add to this 25%
taxes, inflation, for the average citizen this is equivalent to
losing 38% - 40% of his disposable income.”)
Finally,
right after that, he insists on the “primary surplus” saying that
“... well I believe that this number provides the best
possible answer ...”, without
presenting, again, any number!
Further
in his speech, the Greek PM refers to a nightmarish number,
percentage to be accurate. It is the youth unemployment: “...
because unfortunately, today, Greece has a record in youth
unemployment, just recently this fell under 60%.”
The fact that youth unemployment fell below 60% “just recently”,
is something that must be taken as an achievement of the government?
Thus,
despite the "journalistic" question-opportunity to the
Greek PM in order to exalt his government, he accidentally told the
truth, exposing the real picture, which is very far from a "success
story".
Naturally,
the propagandistic Public Television (DT) which was formed after the
dictatorial closing of the Hellenic Public Broadcaster (ERT), played
only certain parts of the Greek PM speech today (09/01/14), as
expected. These refer to "primary surplus" of course, as
well as the fall of the Greek bond spreads. It was a clumsy effort to
refine PM's statements using the known montage technique. It's the
same crude technique used by the PM advisors and mouthpieces,
trying to spread the propaganda and verifying a basic reason for the
speedy, dictatorial closing of the ERT. Their agony to hide the real
picture, however, is too obvious.
The
Greek PM indeed told the truth again. Numbers are indeed cruel and
telling the truth, but according to PM's words, they do not prove
a "success story" for Greece, but instead, a destruction
for the Greek society and economy!
The
whole statements here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuvW_qCkHEI#t=2008
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