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- From: sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic)
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- Subject: Re: the chairman of EC says...
- Message-ID: <9301212155@zuma.UUCP>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 21:55:12 EST
- Reply-To: sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic)
- References: <9301211543.AA10294@kocrsw06.delcoelect.com>
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- 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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