Lowering taxes: Greek PM vows to pursue reforms
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ATHENS:
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Saturday vowed to pursue reforms while gradually lowering taxes as central planks of a programme he hopes will secure victory in January 25 elections. “Our national plan ... in 2015-2021 includes reforms to boost growth and competitiveness,” the prime minister of the centre-right coalition told hundreds of ministers and supporters of his conservative New Democracy party. The prime minister praised the reform work his coalition has done over the past two and a half years to prevent Greece from leaving the Eurozone. But global markets have plunged at the beginning of last week, seized by a fresh bout of fears that Greece may be forced to abandon the euro if Syriza came to power. The far-left Syriza party wants to abandon the austerity policy imposed by the EU and IMF as part of the country’s €240-billion ($282 billion) international bailout.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 11th, 2015.
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Saturday vowed to pursue reforms while gradually lowering taxes as central planks of a programme he hopes will secure victory in January 25 elections. “Our national plan ... in 2015-2021 includes reforms to boost growth and competitiveness,” the prime minister of the centre-right coalition told hundreds of ministers and supporters of his conservative New Democracy party. The prime minister praised the reform work his coalition has done over the past two and a half years to prevent Greece from leaving the Eurozone. But global markets have plunged at the beginning of last week, seized by a fresh bout of fears that Greece may be forced to abandon the euro if Syriza came to power. The far-left Syriza party wants to abandon the austerity policy imposed by the EU and IMF as part of the country’s €240-billion ($282 billion) international bailout.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 11th, 2015.