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Municipal coffers
Prime Minister Costas Simitis's categorical declaration to the central union of municipalities (KEDKE) that the government can only raise its contribution to local government coffers by 310 million euros, far short of the 750 million they had asked for, has prompted KEDKE to call an ad hoc congress for the end of August. |
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‘Communication’ policy
The government and ruling PASOK party are discussing the tactics for their electoral campaign; that is, as of this August. The focus of their discussions, naturally, is «communications,» that is advertising, propaganda tricks and so on, with which they will be trying to convince voters by words and images that there are very good reasons why supposedly reformist PASOK should be given another four-year term. Among the agenda items is the need to decide which means of communication will allow the political leadership to evade the real problems in the economy and society and to construct a strategy made to order.
That does not mean that the government and ruling party is lacking in cadres with knowledge and experience who realize that propaganda can't make up for all the policy shortfalls, which are the ruling party's real problem. However, that is how the PASOK leadership wants to fight its battle, so the prime minister's staff are forced to adopt the appropriate tactics and determine «communication targets.» |
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