New Data: Greece starts generating Better Results, but needs more political Change, national+EU-wide

A new era with less Bureaucracy but more Investments might open in Greece, as reveal the Latest Financial Data, published yesterday by its National Bank, after a scandalous and obviously self-destructive Reduction of public Investments to Productive Economy (and, therefore, of Fiscal Revenues), while other State's Expenses were astonishingly still Augmenting, during the recent Past of previous, PASOK Governments led by controversial former Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou in 2009 - 2011, (i.e. added to a 30 Years-long Debt notoriously provoked by various, mainly PASOK former Governments' Clientelism and Nepotism on 1980-2010), has just started to be Reversed, after 2 successive Political Changes, which brought initially a period of Tripartite, "Transition" Governments between December 2011 - May 2012, followed by a New, Antonis Samaras' (a ChristianDemocrat/EPP former Minister and MEP in Strasbourg's EU Parliament) led Government, from July 2012, who has already produced some promissing first Results. 

But the New Prime Minister seems to need further Energy (and almost certainly much more Political Change) in order to become really Free and Able to definitively overcome some persisting , mainly Political Obstacles and Reactions, loudly put by the remnants of a declining PASOK Minority and a smaller Center-Left party (currently minor Coalition partners), who continue to disagree on the most Crucial issue : That of the urgent need to, at last, Free Greece from a notoriously Disproportionate, too numerous Mass of largely counter-Productive cushy-job holders and/or corrupted, unpopular, often arbitrary and sometimes even criminal Political Lackeys appointed at the Public Sector mainly by former PASOK Governments during all the last 30 Years (1981-2011), while the country's Economy was condemned to a 6 6ears long Recession and too many People to a Record-High Unemployment rate (more than 23% !).
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In particular, as fresh Facts reveal, recent PASOK former Governments in Greece had diminished public Investments to productive economy (i.e. thereby provoking Recession and diminished Fiscal Revenues for the State, which needed, on the contrary, more money  to pay its Debt), but had.. augmented public Expenses for non-productive matters, (mainly to pay an excessive number of Civil Servants hired since 1980 and even recently, including until the May/June 2012 latest Elections !).
Astonishingly, this incredible and obviously damaging Scandal, went on, after the 2009 "explosion" of the unveiled Debt, (which, in fact, dates back since the beginning of the 1980ies, when Massive Hiring of "clients" and/or PASOK a.o.'s political cronies started to fill and occupy the Public Sector), but even during the following, crucial years of 2010 and 2011, when controversial former PASOK Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou was promissing in Brussels' EU Summits, on the contrary,  to reduce State's cushy job holders' expenses, and to try to find more Fiscal Revenues to pay the Debt of the Past..

F.ex., between 2010 and 2011, the Annual Expenses for the Central Public Administration grew from 68,5  up to 71,5 Billions €, i.e. about 3 Billions € more !!!.
But, at the same time, public Investment to the Production was cut  down for -  5 Billions € and - 3 Billions € less, in 2010 and 2011, recpectively.

 In consequence, this started to diminish States' Fiscal Revenues, (which fell down, already in 2011, with - 1 Billion € less than back on 2010), and, therefore,  was augmenting its Deficit.

That's one reason more why Interests for inevitably more Loans grew, just between 2010 and 2011 from about 13,2 up to almost 16,3 Billions €, i.e. adding a surplus of + 3 Billions € more, (only for Interests)...
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On the contrary, afterwards, during the 1st seven Months of the Year 2012, (i.e. when the former PASOK Government withdrew since December 2011, leaving the State initially to a Tripartite Coalition, together with the Samaras' Center-Right "New Democracy" party and the Rightist Populists of "LAOS", before ChristianDemocrat/EPP National Political Leader Samaras becomes Prime Minister, when he won the June 2012 Elections), public Investments to Productive Economy didn't diminish as fast as before : "Only" roughly - Half a Billion € less, during Jan.-July 2012, instead of almost - 1,5 Billions € less, during the past period of Jan-July 2011, (i.e. it looks as if about 1 Billion € of public Investments, which were going to be cut, on the contrary were saved).

But, at the same, more Recent period, (i.e. between Jan-July 2012), public Expenses were, at last, drastically Reduced, for - 8,2 Billions €, (shriming from 40,8 down to 32,6 Billions €), for the First time.

And Interests for Loans were also Reduced from 10,2 Billions € down to less than the Half : 5,1 Billions €.

=> Thus, the public Deficit was Cut more than Half (- 55 %) , during that 1 - 7/2012 recent period, falling from -15 to - 7,1 Billions €.
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The Change became much more obvious after July 2012, (i.e. practically the 1st Month of Samaras-led New Government), when, for the First time after several Years, public Investments to the Productive Economy GREW for + 45 Millions €, instead of a Fall of - 44 Millions €, on the contrary, during the Month of July last year, back on 2011, according to the New Prime Ministers' clearly declared aim to strive to boost productive and competitive Growth, in order to augment Fiscal Revenues until they become able to pay, the soonest possible, the Debt of the Past.

Because, at the same time, (i.e., on July 2012), all other public Expenses were Sharply Reduced for almost - 3 Billion € less for that Month, Falling from 7,4 Billions for July last year (2011), down to 4,6 Billions for July this year (2012).

In parallel, Interests for Loans were diminished on July 2012, comparatively to July 2011, from 3,2 Billions €, down to just 0,9 Billion €, i.e. about - 450% less.

Thus, the public Deficit was energetically Cut for the latest Month of July 2012 down to - 0,7 Billion €, compared to a much Higher Deficit in the Past, for July 2011, of - 1,8 Billions, (i.e. about - 250% less !)
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If such a New Trend (with much less Bureaucracy Expenses, but more productive Investments), continues, and grows even Higher, then, real hopes to, at last, reverse the previous, catastrophic trend of Recession and even more Expenses (which was a blatant vicious circle : comp. Supra), can start.

But, for a real Economic and Financial Recovery of Greece to be generated, sufficiently robust and sustainable in order to progressively pay off and get, at last, rid of the Debt of the Past, as even the EU and the IMF have recently stresssed openly, (following also "EuroFora"s a.o.'s earlier warnings, as early as since December 2009 : Comp. our NewsReports from Bonn's EPP Congress and Brussels' EU Summit then, including a reply by former Prime Minister G. Papandreou to "EuroFora"s Question on the spot), the Greek State urgently needs to be liberated from the too heavy Burden of excessively numerous and/or damaging, counter-productive cushy-job holders and/or corrupted, arbitrary and unpopular, sometimes even criminal Political Lackeys, that former, mainly PASOK a.o. Governments of the Past have notoriously appointed by Clientelism and/or Nepotism during the last 30 Years (1981-2011+).

The Problem is that both PASOK's Venizelos and DIMAR's Kouvelis, (Minor Partners in the New Government's Coalition, led by ChristianDemocrats/EPP's Prime Minister Samaras who won the June 2012 Elections), are noisely refusing to even touch upon their former "clients"'/political lackeys' jobs at the Public Sector, asking from Samaras either to continue paying them full salaries, despite the Huge Debt provoked by 30 Years of notoriously irresponsible such policies, (that former "Socialist" Governments in the biggest EU Countries, back on 1999-2000+, had "overlooked", when they accepted an earlier than normal Entry of Greece to €uroZone, i.e. even before Athens accomplishes necessary Reforms, so that the then PASOK Government of Simites was helped to snatch the 2000 National Elections in exchange of a Political Deal at the Highest level, about "swallowing" Turkey's controversial and unpopular EU bid, which was decided almost at the same time : On December 1999 Helsinki EU Summit, while also a precocious €uroZone entry for Greece had been decided already before the April 2000 Parliamentary vote, the growing Debt having notoriously been "Covered up" by USA's Goldman-Sachs' and EuroStat's parallel, anorthodox, or even currently illegal, manouvers on Numbers and Dates)...

The small PASOK/DIMAR minor partners in the currently Governing New Coalition have even gone as far, during the row that they provoked by public statements to the Media these Days, that they even asked for their numerous "Clients" and/or political Lackkeys, notoriously appointed mainly by their former Governments at the Public Sector, in a so Disproportional ratio to the country's productive Economy, that they burden the Greek State with a growing Structural Deficit during the last 30 Years (1981-2011+, to whom they even added many more Recruitments of supplementary Staff, even during 2012 until the latest, May and June Elections' time, included !), to be, otherwise, given now, full .. "Retirement" privileges !

I.e., given all the above mentioned Facts, and the currently difficult Economic and Social situation provoked in Greece, they practically ask for already exhausted Poor People and a scandalously undermined Business' production, to continue to suffer and pay even more Money, during 20 or 30, maybe 40 Years more, to the same cashy job holders and/or political Lackeys scandalously appointed to the Public Sector by -mainly PASOK's- clientelist and/or Nepotist former Governments during the last 30 Years (1981-2011+), just for them to stay, from now on, without doing absolutely NOTHING, except to receive, each Month, early "Retirement" benefits, (that many Young or Older People, who have been condemned to Unemployment, and/or whose SME's and/or other projects, or career, had been undermined or blocked, destroyed, by notoriously Corrupt, Arbitrary and/or otherwise Criminal, Officials of the Past, risk even to be totally or partially deprived even of any retirement benefit themselves)). I.e. the Victims of a still unpunished Scandal would be, in practice, obliged to continue to "pay" even more for those who evicted them and persist to arbitarily occupy most Public Sector's jobs and offices...

Something which obviously is grossly Inefficient, from an Economic/Financial point of view (for the Factual Reasons already presented earlier), and scandalously Unacceptgable, from a Moral and Socio-Political point of view !

>>> Therefore, apparently, the only Solution for Prime Minister Samaras would be to either try to really convince, at last, his current, minor Coalition Partners (a diminished PASOK and the small Center-Left party DIMAR), the soonest, on the real Efforts and Changes which are Necessary in order to ensure Greece's present and future in Europe, or, otherwise, to decide to build a brand New Coalition, for a really New Governemental policy, by adequate agreements at the Right side of the Political spectrum : I.e. with the 2 New Parties of "Independent Greeks", to whom might be added, if necessary, also the Rightists of "Golden Dawn", (f.ex. in a kind of "support", perhaps without participation inside the Government, at least not immediately, on the basis of a Minimal Agreement, as it was done recently in the Netherlands, etc).

This is Mathematically Feasible, thanks to the Results of the latest Elections in Greece, where the People gave a clear Majority in the New National Parliament to "New Democracy"s  129 MPs, who can, together with "Independent Greeks"' 20 MPs and, if necessary, "Golden Dawn"s 18 MPs, build a strong absolute Majority of 167 MPs among a Total of 300 MPs, (eventually, with a "Dutch" formula of support without participation from the Rightists, on the strict basis of a minimal agreement, respectful of elementary Democratic Principles).

Among various obvious Obstacles, it's also true that both these 2 New small Parties, which emerged recently at the Right side of the Political spectrum, ("Independent Greeks" being mainly former Samaras' allies, who disagreed with the Polito-Economical Deal brokered with PASOK, but might welcome a few Honest Politicians even of Center-Left), have proclaimed their opposal to more Hard Austerity, at least in general terms.

But, an interesting, and probably Crucial point, is the Fact that they have also chosen to place the "Fight against Corruption", Nepotism and other Crimes reportedly committed by former, mainly PASOK Governments during the Past 30 Years (1981-2011), as their No 1 Priority in their respective, pre-electoral Programs, (and, at least "IG" are reportedly trying to at least start some Investigations on what really happened during this crucial period of the Past, in order to find and punish all those Responsible for grossly undermining the Greek State and Society, scaring all Europe, and attracting even a World-wide attention (including .. Financial Speculation), in a delicate context of intensifying International Competition in the way out of the Global Crisis.

Simply because a - largely Popular- real Fight against Corruption and other gross Abuses or even Crimes committed by notoriously failed and/or unscrupulus Politicians and their cronies during that crucial period of the last 30 Years (1981-2011+), could and should be adequately combined with the urgently needed Economic, Moral and Political "Liberation" of the Greek State from all those grossly Negative elements have scandalously undermined a GeoPolitically Strategic EU Member Country, whose World Famous, 4 Thousand Years-long, and exceptionaly developed Historic Civilisation, from Ancient Greece to Alexander the Great and Byzantium's 1st Christian Empire, etc., (together with Rome, Jewish culture, Renaissance, Enlightnement, Modern Europe, etc), is an obviously Necessary Ingredient and Symbol of Democratic and Cultural Values in a Succesful Recipe for a closer European Political Union, urgently needed today in order to become also able to, at last, efficiently face the Challenge of a really Unified Economic Governance around the €uroArea in the foreseeable Future.

New Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras' forthcoming 1st official EU visits in his new capacities, during the next weeks or so, could naturally give a chance to craft an adequate, succesful, brand new recipe, given also the fact that the well known in Strasbourg former EU Parliament's MEP and former Foreign Minister, Political Parties' elected Head, etc., has already highlighted, his personal Agreement with the basic lines of "EuroFora"s Economico-Political Analysis and proposed Strategy on the way to forge the most Efficient Solution to the Crisis, as he has told us as early as since the latest, December 2011's Bi-Annual Congress of the European People's Party leaders (which currently holds the Biggest Political Group of MEPs in EU Parliament and the Greatest Number of Heads of State/Government throughout all Europe), which was organized in Marseilles right at the eve of an Historic EU Brussels' Summit which agreed politically the New €uroTreaty and practically initiated ECB's new, active role towards helping to generate Economic Growth, that is now expected to be further developed, according to June and August 2012's latest EU/ECB developments.

(Pending, naturally, what might also happen in the forthcoming Autumn's German Constitutional Court's judgement at nearby Karlsruhe, EU Parliament and EU Brussels' Summits, as well as other scheduled meetings by July-December 2012 EU rotating Chair Cyprus and elsewhere, apparently more Crucial than usual)...

Otherwise, New Elections in Greece, (even if the ..3rd in a row, this year, and not necessarily predictable 100%), might become soon necessary, in order to mark a really new political breakthrough, with an even stronger Popular support for a Healthy Change, after more than 30 years of an unacceptable and obviously destructive corruption and Nepotism, which now needs to be, at last, definitively eradicated, in order to guarantee the Country's Renaissance in a New European Political Union.