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Lucas Papademos

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Dealing with Greece's problems will be more difficult if Greece is not a member of the eurozone.


— Lucas Papademos


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Delays in granting of justice very often reduce the speed with which investment could be undertaken, discouraging investors.


— Lucas Papademos


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Governments cannot assume or expect that the ECB will always facilitate their funding independently of the achievement of their fiscal and other policy objectives.


— Lucas Papademos


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Greece could default on its debts and even exit currency bloc if it cannot deliver reforms.


— Lucas Papademos


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I am not a politician but I have dedicated the biggest part of my professional life to economic policy both in Greece and Europe.


— Lucas Papademos


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I think achieving a higher fiscal stability is also a very important condition for restoring an environment which is conducive to growth.


— Lucas Papademos


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I think it's often discussed that leaving the Euro is an option for Greece. I think this is really not an option.


— Lucas Papademos


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I think the facts reveal that the European partners have taken extraordinary measures to help Greece address its problems.


— Lucas Papademos


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I think the funds that have been pledged at Euro Summit, combined with the outcome of the private sector involvement process should be sufficient in order to support financially the Greek Economy.


— Lucas Papademos


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In the 20 years before Greece end up with the Euro, efforts to improve competitiveness through exchange rate and adjustments resulted only in temporary gains of competitiveness.


— Lucas Papademos


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Did you know about Lucas Papademos?

He is a member of the Academy of Athens. During his time as Governor of the national bank Papademos was involved in Greece's transition from the drachma to the euro as its national currency. Emergency negotiations to attempt to avoid a return to the polls took place on 13 May but were inconclusive.

He was previously the Governor of the Bank of Greece from 1994 to 2002 before leaving to become Vice President of the European Central Bank from 2002 to 2010. He also spent time as a Visiting Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Financial Studies at the University of Frankfurt. Lucas Demetrios Papademos (Greek: Λουκάς Παπαδήμος; born 11 October 1947) is a Greek economist who was the Prime Minister of Greece from 2011 to 2012 leading a government of national unity in the wake of the Greek debt crisis.

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