
Major economic reforms have been taking place in
In 1998,
Nevertheless, there has been a vast improvement in the Greek economy over the last five years. Since a large percentage of the population has little to show for it, however, exposes the great currency implementation of 2001 for what it was; an economic curtain that allowed for stealthy increases in price amidst the confusion of a country-wide currency conversion. The purpose was to force
Although unnoticeable, such fast developments in a country will produce reactions, and the question of living standards is a major issue in a country where the average worker receives a monthly salary of six hundred euros. What is more frustrating, or perhaps baffling in Athens at least, is that such a wage is considered good, despite the fact that apartment rents are on average between four hundred to six hundred euros a month. To subsidise their incomes, a large proportion of the population work two jobs in order to live. As a positive, the Community Support Framework, which has been assisting
As Kostas Karamanlis said recently during a speech at
Nonetheless, no matter which party controls government,
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