From: robart@agora.rain.com (Joe Bob)
Subject: Re: the chairman of EC says...
Organization: a gora
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 06:42:22 GMT

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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