Speaking after a meeting with Samaras at the government headquarters in the Greek capital, Rajoy said harsh austerity measures in Greece and Spain were "bearing fruit".
Samaras expressed his gratitude towards the Spanish people for their "solidarity".
He said: "Spain has showed its solidarity in practice. It has participated, since 2010, in the rescue mechanism when other markets shut their doors."
"Both nations face common problems due to the financial crisis, but also from waves of migration."
"The Spanish people have lent the Greek people €26bn; we do not forget, we acknowledge it and the Greek people will return the money”, Samaras said, noting that the "big bet" was that reforms in the countries would "bring competitiveness".
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The Spanish Prime Minister noted, in a message of support towards the Greek government ahead of elections on Jan. 25 Jan., the need to continue the "reforms".
Greece has suffered plummeting living standards and unprecedented unemployment since 2008 with many people across the country struggling to pay even basic bills, as it struggles to meet harsh "austerity measures" imposed by the Troika of the IMF, European Central Bank and European Commission under terms of "bailouts" provided by the group.
The International Labour Organisation warned last month of "a prolonged social crisis" in the country unless action was taken to boost the job market in the country.
Samaras' New Democracy party, which has lost voters to neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn, is lagging behind Alexis Tsipras' Syriza, which has attracted voters from PanHellenic Socialist Movement, the junior partner in the governing coalition, in opinion polls ahead of the country's election on Jan. 25.
Three surveys conducted in Greece showed last week that Syriza remains ahead of the ruling conservatives in the polls, with a lead of about two or three points.
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ReplyDeleteO Syriza exclui uma saída da Grécia do euro porque isso conduziria à rutura da zona euro e a mais austeridade, precisamente o que o partido grego quer combater se vencer as eleições de 25 de janeiro.
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"Não é possível sair do euro sem quebrar a zona euro por completo. Seria passar de um sistema de moeda única para um de taxas de câmbio fixo, como tivemos na década de noventa", explicou.
"Somos contra a depreciação das condições de vida da maioria das pessoas e uma depreciação monetária seria equivalente a aplicar um plano de austeridade", acrescentou..................http://www.jn.pt/PaginaInicial/Mundo/Interior.aspx?content_id=4341463&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JN-ULTIMAS+%28JN+-+Ultimas%29
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ReplyDeleteΓια το ρίσκο που πήρε με την επίσκεψή του στην Αθήνα, κάνει λόγο ο ισπανικός Τύπος, αναφερόμενος στο ταξίδι-αστραπή του πρωθυπουργού της Ισπανίας στην Ελλάδα για να στηρίξει τον Αντ.Σαμαρά.
Έχοντας στο μυαλό του τον ΣΥΡΙΖΑ, αλλά και το Podemos που θα βρει μπροστά του στην κάλπη του Δεκεμβρίου, ο Ραχόι δεν αναφέρθηκε ευθέως σε κανένα από τα δύο κόμματα, αλλά αρκέστηκε να πει: «το να υπόσχεσαι το αδύνατο, δεν έχει νόημα και επιπλέον γεννά απελπισία και πολλά προβλήματα».
Πηγές της ισπανικής κυβέρνησης που επικαλείται η El Pais, σημειώνουν ότι ο Ραχόι ουσιαστικά ανέλαβε να παίξει το ρόλο του απεσταλμένου της Μέρκελ, αλλά και του Ευρωπαϊκού Λαϊκού Κόμματος (στο οποίο ανήκει, τόσο η ΝΔ όσο και το PP) στη στήριξη του Αντώνη Σαμαρά.
«Εάν τελικά ο Σαμαράς κερδίσει, σε αντίθεση με αυτό που προβλέπουν οι δημοσκοπήσεις, όχι μόνο ο Σαμαράς, αλλά και η Μέρκελ, οι Βρυξέλλες και το ΕΛΚ που δεν θέλουν τη νίκη του ΣΥΡΙΖΑ, θα χρωστούν ευγνωμοσύνη στον Ραχόι, ο οποίος επίσης θέλει να τονώσει το διεθνές του προφίλ» εκτιμούν στη Μαδρίτη................http://news.in.gr/greece/article/?aid=1231377491
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