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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-12-10
CONTENTS
[01] SEV's Daskalopoulos blasts govt's energy pricing policy
[02] Structural reforms will boost employment, Mitarakis says
[01] SEV's Daskalopoulos blasts govt's energy pricing policy
AMNA -- Dimitirs Daskalopoulos, president of the Hellenic Federation of
Enterprises (SEV), on Monday evening criticised the government's policy
on energy, especially on issues regarding pricing and the cost of energy.
"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419; Speaking during the Federation's General Council
Meeting, attended also by undersecretary for Environment, Energy and
Climate Change, Asimakis Papageorgiou, Daskalopooulos said "what we ask
form the government is not to systematically saw off the branch that
can flourish."
"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419; He added that it was impossible for the
country's industrial sector to boost competitiveness mainly
because of new taxes imposed by the state on production,
making it highly costly. amna mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; The SEV president
specifically referred to a rushed decision by the Public Power Corporation
(DEH) to go ahead with an increase in electricity rates for medium and
high voltage industrial consumption.
[02] Structural reforms will boost employment, Mitarakis says
AMNA -- In today's globalised and highly competitive environment, the
future belongs to those who prepare for it, Deputy Development Minister
Notis Mitarakis said on Monday in an address to the "People in Crisis"
event, organized in Athens by the Commercial and Industrial Chamber of
Athens (EBEA) and a private firm.
"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419; The event looked into sky-rocketing jobless rates
in Greece, as well as into the new employment and job market conditions.
"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419; Mitarakis stressed that structural reforms
can lead to an increase in employment opportunities and that the
government should create a solid framework to this direction, based on
fiscal stability, liquidity, structural reforms, new investments and
utilization of state assets. amna mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:#0F1419;mso-ansi-language:EN-US; Speaking during the same
event, EBEA president Konstantinos Michalos, said that unemployment
in Greece may even reach up to 30% at the end of the year. He said the
notion of professional career is now taking on a new context which has
to do with flexibility, initiative and challenge.
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