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- From: robart@agora.rain.com (Joe Bob)
- Subject: Re: the chairman of EC says...
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- References: <9301211543.AA10294@kocrsw06.delcoelect.com> <9301212155@zuma.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 06:42:22 GMT
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- In article <9301212155@zuma.UUCP> sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic) writes:
- >In article <9301211543.AA10294@kocrsw06.delcoelect.com> c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros Triantafyllopoulos) writes:
- >
- >> Ulle Elleman Jensen , Foreign Minister
- >> of Denmark, the chairman of EC said yesterday, 20/01/93:
- >> " I'm shamed of EC because it's bounded
- >> from Greece to not recognize Macedonia, EC must
- >> recognize Macedonia at once..."
- >
- >> The black sheep of EC, Greece, continues it's
- >> disruption in EC and the government of Greece
- >> has make the Macedonian issue to a sleeping-tablet
- >> for the Greek people to hide Greece's lousy economy.
- >
- >>No surprise there; of course the chairman of EC changes every few
- >>months anyway, so HIS opinion is not necessarily the opinion of the
- >>EC... But it is really interesting to observe the list of news
- >
- >Opaliko. The roots of this delinquent behavior must run deep
- >and complex to seize your psyche with such an intensity, and
- >make you lose sight of your immense problems. Indeed, Greek
- >Governments have enormous problems to tackle. The economy is in
- >shambles, corruption is rampant, air pollution is in outrageous
- >dimensions, state-sponsored terrorism is the name of the game and
- >infrastructure is decaying. Another insightful article in the
- >New York Times (Sunday, April 7) exposes the dirty linen
- >of Greece, and describes her as the pariah of the European
- >Community. The article reports that ''...with un-European antics,
- >Greece uses the Community as a cash register. She squanders, and
- >at times even steals the European tax payers' money for political
- >featherbedding at home. The principal members of the Community
- >admit that it was a mistake to accept Greece to the European
- >Community.'' This affirmation is testimony to the fact that
- >notwithstanding her geographic location, Greece is un-European
- >in mentality and attitude.
- >
- >Now wait, there is more.
- >
- >Source: 'United Nations, Human Development Report,' 1990.
- >
- >Annual Output Per Person in Dollars Adjusted to Purchasing Power
- >Parity: Turkiye, Greece and Chile are in the same category. That
- >is, $3,000 - $5,999.
- >
- >Source: 'International Economics: Theory and Policy' by Paul R.
- > Krugman and Maurice Obstfeld, Harper Collins Publishers,
- > 1991, (second edition).
- >
- >In terms of 'Annual Output Per Person in Dollars Adjusted to
- >Purchasing Power Parity,' Greece is in the same category with
- >Turkiye.
- >
- >Indeed, during the last 12 years, Turkiye registered a great
- >success with regard to economic restructuring. A sound economy,
- >ready to be integrated to the world economies, has emerged,
- >succeeding to the faltering one, witnessed in the '70s.
- >
- >Just 12 years ago, Greece used to export double as much as
- >Turkiye did. Now inversely, Turkiye's overall exports exceed
- >by far that of Greece. As far as the tourism incomes are
- >concerned, we are witnessing the same phenomenon.
- >
- >The governments in Turkiye have put a particular emphasis on
- >the infrastructure investments (rather than investing in
- >world terrorist organizations), thereby solving this issue
- >completely. Indeed, in the '70s, it was out of the question
- >to conduct a telephone call from Eastern Anatolia to the West.
- >Nowadays, this is not the case at all, and in a far remote
- >town, even in a village you may have, at any time, a long-distance
- >call to any given country.
- >
- >However, the same could not be applied to Greece. In fact,
- >it is not so easy in Athens to have a trunk call to Germany
- >round the clock. And if you happen to be in the Greek islands,
- >then your chance will be pretty slim. Therefore, it would not
- >be an exaggeration to argue that Turkiye is far ahead of
- >Greece in regard to telecommunication facilities. Greece,
- >by virtue of its full membership, has enjoyed all advantages
- >of the EC, obtaining huge grants and extensive subsidies.
- >Turkiye, having no access at all to similar financial supports,
- >has nevertheless managed to create a better economy which
- >enabled it to produce consecutive current accounts surplus
- >over the last three years. As such, Turkiye deserves to be the
- >only country in its region having permanent current accounts
- >surplus.
- >
- >Serdar Argic
- >
- > 'We closed the roads and mountain passes that
- > might serve as ways of escape for the Turks
- > and then proceeded in the work of extermination.'
- > (Ohanus Appressian)
- > 'In Soviet Armenia today there no longer exists
- > a single Turkish soul.' (Sahak Melkonian)
- >
- >
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- Quit posting this irrelevant shit to soc.culture.USA
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