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Greece Selects Prime Minister After Days of Wrangling
[NY Times] Lucas Papademos, a respected economist with an avuncular style, was named prime minister of Greece on Thursday. He will lead a unity government that has pledged to quickly approve the tough terms of a European aid package and save the country from bankruptcy.The choice of Mr. Papademos, a former vice president of the European Central Bank, came after four days of tense negotiations that put Greece's feuding political parties on full display. A written statement issued by the office of President Karolos Papoulias was read on television in the afternoon confirming Mr. Papademos's appointment and adding that the "chief role of the new interim administration will be the implementation of the decisions of the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... summit of Oct. 26 and the policies that are connected to this." Posted by: Fred 2011-11-11 |
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