Mr Pangalos at the University of Oxford
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Mr Pangalos is admitably an excellent rhetor and experienced politician who is usually very entertaining to listen to (unless affected by the policies he speaks about).
Mr Pangalos spoke in front of an interdisciplinary audience that included some very well known political scientists and world leading economists (that possibly came to listen the strategy of the Greeks to fight the crisis right out of a generals mouth) .
He told us that the Greek government has found the problem knows the solution and it's applying it. Within the next three years the Greek economic crisis will be history (along with the working and social rights of the Greek people) . Therefore it is now safe for investors to bring their money (so that their investments can become a myth in Greece).
He told us that corrupted citizens initiate a clientele system with politicians that get corrupted (like catching the flu).
He told us that the previous government doubled the debt, made everything worse and cheated by changing the numbers from the statistical service (as opposed to whom?).
He told us that modern Greeks illusion them self's on 'a good day' by thinking they are the direct dissentients of Pericles ( obviously modern politicians aren't).
He told us that in democracies power is given through elections that gave his party the power in agreement with the polls (even if through relative majority). Consequently he says that protests and riots are a fascists action (like splitting the bill at an expensive restaurant even if you were standing outside) .
Nevertheless we were more curious to hear how would mr Papandreou's government would invent and adopt a sustainable system that consequently provides equal opportunities. That; he did not say as well the following, respectively.
Mr Pangalos didn't tell us that the polls he mentioned in Greece for the past few years show an increasing trend of dislike towards the current political system. People that were asked whom they consider more capable of governing, out of the political parties, chose by majority the option of 'nobody'. (Too bad nobody is not running for elections. He would have nailed it!). All the signs of a decomposing political system are visible to everybody but its managers. Scandals, people resentment towards the ongoing 'family-o-cracy', media manipulation and control over exposing political views and most important, immigrating young people. Unfortunately people can only choose to vote out of what they are presented because that is all they know.
Mr Pangalos didn't tell us how the economic boom that is needed in Greece will occur within the next three years (when the money runs out ). The 'corrupted politicians' by the 'corrupted citizens ' do not appears very promising to provide with infrastructure as they were elected on the basis of clientele relations rather than the merits of their capabilities (or in other words, based on their capability of political clientelism. If they were capable of progress maybe they wouldn't need the clientele relation).
He didn't tell us how it will be possible for small businesses to survive or spring out of Universities bringing innovative products and services without having to spend all their energy in bureaucratic procedures that last months (so that they can actually spend some time on developing their products).
He didn't tell us how the money and time will be managed so that Greek economy can flourish with the 'luxury' of people working for a living and not living to work.
He didn't tell us that the totalitarianistic method of collective responsibility were everybody pays for the mistakes of few, indiscriminately, is unfair. That people in power, media and major contractors would be more responsible than low income families and pensioners. Maybe not all politicians and media and contractors are to blame but still it would be more justified than indiscriminate punishment.
Unfortunately crisis's of these magnitude in the past, did not end well for Greeks.
Domestic issues is a responsibility of the government but the general crisis indicates to EU fundamental flaws of the system that is not to mr Pangalos or mr Papandreou to solve. The structure seems to be build on sand and the waves will keep coming.
Change is now a matter of survival and if not demanded, society is doomed to the cynicism of political monopoly
Mr Pangalos spoke in front of an interdisciplinary audience that included some very well known political scientists and world leading economists (that possibly came to listen the strategy of the Greeks to fight the crisis right out of a generals mouth) .
He told us that the Greek government has found the problem knows the solution and it's applying it. Within the next three years the Greek economic crisis will be history (along with the working and social rights of the Greek people) . Therefore it is now safe for investors to bring their money (so that their investments can become a myth in Greece).
He told us that corrupted citizens initiate a clientele system with politicians that get corrupted (like catching the flu).
He told us that the previous government doubled the debt, made everything worse and cheated by changing the numbers from the statistical service (as opposed to whom?).
He told us that modern Greeks illusion them self's on 'a good day' by thinking they are the direct dissentients of Pericles ( obviously modern politicians aren't).
He told us that in democracies power is given through elections that gave his party the power in agreement with the polls (even if through relative majority). Consequently he says that protests and riots are a fascists action (like splitting the bill at an expensive restaurant even if you were standing outside) .
Nevertheless we were more curious to hear how would mr Papandreou's government would invent and adopt a sustainable system that consequently provides equal opportunities. That; he did not say as well the following, respectively.
Mr Pangalos didn't tell us that the polls he mentioned in Greece for the past few years show an increasing trend of dislike towards the current political system. People that were asked whom they consider more capable of governing, out of the political parties, chose by majority the option of 'nobody'. (Too bad nobody is not running for elections. He would have nailed it!). All the signs of a decomposing political system are visible to everybody but its managers. Scandals, people resentment towards the ongoing 'family-o-cracy', media manipulation and control over exposing political views and most important, immigrating young people. Unfortunately people can only choose to vote out of what they are presented because that is all they know.
Mr Pangalos didn't tell us how the economic boom that is needed in Greece will occur within the next three years (when the money runs out ). The 'corrupted politicians' by the 'corrupted citizens ' do not appears very promising to provide with infrastructure as they were elected on the basis of clientele relations rather than the merits of their capabilities (or in other words, based on their capability of political clientelism. If they were capable of progress maybe they wouldn't need the clientele relation).
He didn't tell us how it will be possible for small businesses to survive or spring out of Universities bringing innovative products and services without having to spend all their energy in bureaucratic procedures that last months (so that they can actually spend some time on developing their products).
He didn't tell us how the money and time will be managed so that Greek economy can flourish with the 'luxury' of people working for a living and not living to work.
He didn't tell us that the totalitarianistic method of collective responsibility were everybody pays for the mistakes of few, indiscriminately, is unfair. That people in power, media and major contractors would be more responsible than low income families and pensioners. Maybe not all politicians and media and contractors are to blame but still it would be more justified than indiscriminate punishment.
Unfortunately crisis's of these magnitude in the past, did not end well for Greeks.
Domestic issues is a responsibility of the government but the general crisis indicates to EU fundamental flaws of the system that is not to mr Pangalos or mr Papandreou to solve. The structure seems to be build on sand and the waves will keep coming.
Change is now a matter of survival and if not demanded, society is doomed to the cynicism of political monopoly
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