Tema destacado del Jueves, 30. Agosto 2007

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The Greek state's failure to handle fires properly

Several thousands of people demonstrated in Athens on August 29th to protest against the bad management of violent fires that have devastated Greece and caused over 60 deaths. The press denounces the lack of organisation and prevention in the country. The conservative government lead by Costas Caramanlis could pay the price when early elections are held September 16th.

La Vanguardia - España

"The serious forest fires in Greece, that have caused the deaths of 64 people and carbonised almost 200,000 hectares in six days also threaten to put an end to the Costas Caramanlis conservative government", warns the Spanish daily. "A majority of Greek citizens, outraged, do not believe the government's propaganda campaign that involves blaming the fires on a conspiracy to overthrow the executive who, impotent before the hecatomb, has lost time arresting suspected pyromaniacs, threatening to apply antiterrorist measures and proclaiming that its management of the situation was a success since the fires didn't affect archaeological sites. ... But the discredit of the government, already considerable, is nothing compared to the socialist opposition, who has proved very good at accusing the government, but incapable of suggesting solutions. In Greece, fire has swept everything away." (30/08/2007)

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Eleftherotypia - Grecia

"It was an anonymous gathering, without, any political demands or, without organisers, only text messages that united hundreds of people in the same place on August 29th as on July 8th when Athens saw its last lung go up in smoke", writes the Greek daily. "Greeks of all ages, among family and friends, respected the dress code, which was that of mourning, black. A child brandished a banner with, written upon it, 'You have blackened my soul, you have blackened my future'. Moving. Greece's Muslims even prayed for rain to fall and the fires to be extinguished. It remains to be seen whether the public opinion formed by the crowds gathered in the streets of Athens will be the one to change the outcome of the legislative elections in 17 days. The polls say the party in power is in the lead. But the polls don't really take account of the rise of small parties that could weaken the government of the next four years." (30/08/2007)

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Berliner Zeitung - Alemania

Maritta Tkalec sees Greece's present suffering as the result of irresponsible conduct, indifference and negligence at all levels. "Once again the country is acting as if the disaster had come upon it through no fault of its own. The Greeks are well known for wallowing in self-pity and for their victim mentality. Wherever you look, they're busy denying their share of the blame, whether it's for the deportation of Jews from Saloniki, the division of Cyprus, the massacres against Turks and Albanians, the Macedonia conflict or the gaping national debt that was concealed for years and that blatantly violates the EU Stability Pact. The EU may be facing countless Herculean tasks, but one of its biggest challenges is in Greece. Strangely enough, this problem country is seldom talked about within the community - apparently Europe's love of the Greeks also makes it blind. Now the biggest-ever EU relief campaign for a member state has been put into action. It should mark the beginning of serious talks: Greece must sort out its problems." (30/08/2007)

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Le Temps - Suiza

Richard Werly judges that "an electroshock is necessary for Greece to be resuscitated from its ashes, capable of facing the future. This European country, often pointed out for its inefficient bureaucracy and corrupt elites showed that it can belie these caricatures when it built its infrastructures built for the 2004 Olympic Games. A new revolution, of mentalities, now needs to see the light of day. ... For this, we will of course need rules and surveillance. It is unacceptable for Greece to remain without a zoning ordinance when the EU has given it considerable budgets to balance out its situation. But above all the cinders and tragic blazes at the end of August should serve as fertilizer for an ecological and civil mobilisation in generations to come." (30/08/2007)

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