Greece must open up access to professions

The Greek government has announced that it would like to open previously closed professions as one of its austerity measures. The plan has met with resistance from the affected professional groups in Greece. But the conservative daily Kathimerini thinks this is a good idea: "They are all useful: even lawyers and notaries and pharmacists and engineers. But they essentially absorb resources from actual production. They themselves contribute little. How can it be that Greek society feeds one attorney per 250 inhabitants, while the wealthier French support - albeit with difficulty - one per 1,400? ... Whether we like it or not, whether we can or not. The state requires that we pay them. And that has to end now. Whether these occupations are currently 'open' or 'closed'.”

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