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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 12-05-31
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[01] Venizelos: Local governments have role in social protection
[01] Venizelos: Local governments have role in social protection
AMNA-- PASOK leader Evangelos Venizelos said his party's position and
his own belief is that Greece can reach, and will reach, a guaranteed
standard of dignified living, during a meeting with the presidium of
the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (KEDE).
He said that this could be achieved with the help of the municipalities,
with a well-targeted public expenditure, in such a way that no one will
feel helpless and abandoned amidst the crisis. Indeed, he explained,
if the local authorities could pinpoint the citizens who truly have
need -- so as to avoid the rationale of across-the-board benefits and to
target-in on those who have problems -- "we can organise a network with
all the characteristics of the guaranteed level of dignified living".amna
Greece, he said, was in the final stage of an acute crisis, adding that
the solutions must come from the social state and the institutions,
and not be founded philanthropy.
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