Monday, 5 May 2014 Issue No: 4648 PM Samaras: Greece is breaking its chains with the past Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has said in an article published in Sunday’s edition “To Vima” newspaper that a new Greece is emerging by breaking its "shell" and its chains with the past. The premier refers to inherent problems of the past which kept Greece back to “old-fashioned mentalities and distortions, which maintained a false growth on borrowed money,” adding that a “shell” had been obstructing the country to move forward. ”This shell is now breaking. And the country and people’s great abilities are being released,” the premier stresses, launching an attack on those forces which, as he puts it, are still fiercely resisting because they do not want Greece to move ahead to the future. Samaras said that the main opposition SYRIZA party wanted Greece to return to the crisis that is now being left behind, and to see the country in an instable condition, internationally isolated and divided. The premier charged SYRIZA of making efforts to exert ideological terrorism and divide the society, as “they are trying to ethically castigate as ‘extreme right’ or ‘neo-liberal’ all views which are opposed to theirs.” NERIT broadcaster starting programme as of 18:00 on Sunday The New Greek Radio, Internet and Television (NERIT) broadcaster started its programme as of 18:00 on Sunday with a new news bulletin, a Greek and a foreign film and a sports programme. According to NERIT's president, about 11 months after the closure of the ERT broadcaster and the transitional Public Television channel the countdown will begin shortly before 18:00 with a "modest ceremony". Shipping Minister Varvitsiotis inaugurates President Papoulias visits CERN installations in Mediterranean Yacht Show Geneva President Karolos Papoulias visited the installations of the Shipping Minister Miltiades Varvitsiotis, inaugurating the 1st European Nuclear Research Organisation (CERN) in Geneva on international Mediterranean Yacht Show exhibition on Saturday. President Papoulias was given a guided tour of the Saturday evening, said that "our country's sea tourism begins underground ATLAS research premises from Nafplio". and met with the Greek scientists comprising CERN's The minister said in his address, among other Greek Research Group. things, that the government has specific President Papoulias said "as you know, Greece is a logics and targets against the misery of the founder member of CERN since 1954 with the poor economic means that it has, but with the rich human crisis, with which it aspires that we shall potential. This moved me being a Greek, to be seeing the overcome it and one of the main targets is the potential that my country has. And I think that at some development of sea tourism. moment we shall be bringing this potential within the The event was attended, among others, by Environment walls as well". Minister Yiannis Maniatis, Deputy Culture Minister Yiannis He further stressed that "Europe is showing its potential, its Andrianos, Nafplio mayor Dimitris Kostouros and Greek Sea scientific potential. It can compete with whatever great power, it Tourism Federation president Mihalis Skoulikidis. is a great power and it must contribute to global developments and in the scientific sector in particular, where it has great potential". 36, TSOCHA ST. ATHENS 115 21 GREECE * TEL: 64.00.560-63 * FAX: 64.00.581-2 INTERNET ADDRESS: http://www.ana.gr * e-mail: anabul@ana gr * GENERAL DIRECTOR: ANTONIS SKYLLAKOS Monday, 5 May 2014 Politics he shall secure what he wants in the Euroelections, government stability. He further said that the government does not exist in absentia of Deputy FM to attend Council of Europe meeting the people and was elected in 2012 when all the issues were in Vienna known to all, unlike 2009. Lastly, he pointed out that if the people want to be in danger, Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Kourkoulas is scheduled to the government will be in danger, while stressing that at some participate in the meeting of the committee of ministers of the time burdens must be distributed fairly between the political Council of Europe in Vienna, Monday and Tuesday, forces. representing under the Greek Presidency the EU High Representative for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy PASOK leader Venizelos terms May 25 elections Catherine Ashton. 'Easter' On the sidelines of the meeting, which coincides with the 65th Government Vice President, Foreign Minister and PASOK anniversary of the foundation of the Council of Europe, party leader Evangelos Venizelos sent a clear message from the Kourkoulas will be having a series of bilateral contacts. The city of Lamia to those bringing about scenarios for the election main theme of the meeting, held under the presidency of night, terming the May 25 elections "Easter". Austria to the CoE this semester and expected to be attended by "They want PASOK to be ruined, ELIA to be ruined, the 30 foreign ministers of the 47 member states, will be "Council government to fall, the country to be led to early elections of Europe values and stability in Europe: Current challenges.” without strategy, without an aim, because some wish to doubt The meeting will be chaired by Sebastian Kurz, Minister for me", he stressed. Foreign Affairs of Austria and Chairman of the Committee of Venizelos also underlined repeatedly that "PASOK is present, it Ministers, who said that talks will focus primarily on the is fighting and struggling for the country and not for the cadres situation in the Ukraine and the potential to deescalate tensions and for himself". in the country’s east, as well as on human rights in Europe. Also referring to the Euroelections, Venizelos determined the May 25 result as a "denial of the attack strategy". Administrative Reform minister proposes next Parliament to have 200 deputies Venizelos says May 25 election result must not be subject to ambiguous readings Administrative Reform Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking Government Vice President, Foreign Minister and PASOK in an interview with the newspaper "Realnews", proposed that party leader Evangelos Venizelos, speaking in an interview in the next Parliament the number of deputies be reduced to 200 with the newspaper "Ta Nea", stressed that "if one believes that from 300 that they are today. government stability must not be upset, if one believes that the "Years ago, when the entire political system whistled with country is a step before the completion of the effort and the exit indifference, I had submitted a series of proposals for from the memorandum and the crisis, he must support the immediate implementation that do not require constitutional progressive pole that is very specific, that is being expressed in revision, with the main one being the reduction of deputies Parliament with PASOK's Parliamentary Group and of Elia from 300 to 200. It is something that can take place now with more widely". the change in the election law with a 2/3 maJority from the He also criticised the main opposition Radical Left Coalition present Parliament". (SYRIZA) and other opposition parties, saying that "those who Mitsotakis links, however, the reduction of deputies with both are supposedly 'anti-memorandum' are those who are lashing the change in the election law on the pattern of the German out in favour of the memorandum now, because they have model and legislation on the parties' operation. nothing to say, they have nothing to propose" and are "losing their political bread". Referring to SYRIZA and the opposition in general, Venizelos Venizelos says government stability problem if said that because on the night of the May 25 elections they will PASOK falls below 10 pct attempt to make a combined interpretation of the result "with the aim of undermining the government and national policy" for Government Vice President, Foreign Minister and PASOK this reason "a result is necessary that will not be subJect to party leader Evangelos Venizelos, speaking in an interview ambiguous readings and not cast into doubt government with Mega television channel and replying to a question on stability as a basic precondition for the completion of the great what it will mean if PASOK falls below 10 percent in the national target that is the country's exit from the crisis and the Euroelections, said that what is important is what it will mean memorandum and the return to the normalcy of a self- for the country, clarifying that in this case there shall be a sufficient, in essence equal member-state of the European problem of government stability and government orientation. Union and of the eurozone". Venizelos, also replying to a question regarding opinion polls published on Sunday and showing once again that the Greeks do not want early elections, said that the citizen must think how 2 Monday, 5 May 2014 SYRIZA’s Skourletis comments on PM The spokesman said that Tsipras drifted to characterize neo- Nazis all European Union leaders who met with the new prime Samaras’s interview minister of the Ukraine in Brussels. Commenting on Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’s interview with Sunday’s To Vima newspaper, main opposition Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) press spokesman Panos Skourletis said in a press release that “Mr. Samaras, the man tasked with completing the work of previous pro-bailout memorandum governments by snatching the Greek people’s vote, is now being unmasked as he maintains that for him stability means preserving the memorandum and extreme austerity policies.” Skourletis added that “the time of Judgment is approaching and it will be damnatory to Mr. Samaras and his policy, a policy that is against to a redistribution in favour of the weak and catapults Joblessness, a policy that robbed social security funds and closed down small- and medium-sized enterprises…” Gov’t spokesman’s reply “We are not going to ask SYRIZA for a certificate of modesty," said the government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou in reply to Skourletis’ comment on the article by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras in “To Vima” newspaper.