Subject: Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-03-06 From: "HR-Net News Distribution Manager" CONTENTS [01] Cabinet meeting on productive reconstruction [02] What Greece needs is a shock of growth, gov't VP Dragasakis says --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [01] Cabinet meeting on productive reconstruction The strategic plan for the productive reconstruction will dominate the cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday. According to government sources, the plan is related to development and unemployment reduction. The same source said that the prime minister will take the opportunity to send a message regarding the negotiations. The meeting was scheduled for 10.30 [02] What Greece needs is a shock of growth, gov't VP Dragasakis says "What Greece needs is a shock of growth," Greece's deputy prime minister Yannis Dragasakis told the Guardian ahead of a crucial cabinet meeting on Monday. "We will meet to discuss a new growth strategy that will focus solely on boosting investment and reducing unemployment to pre-crisis levels, that is to say 8 pct in the next 10 years." The cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will convene at 10:30 on the strategic plan for productive reconstruction.