A truly national development plan with contributions from all

The government has drawn up a national growth plan in an effort to deal with the "day after," following the Greek economy's great contraction and the wounds inflicted on many segments of society due to the crisis. For years the Europeans and the International Monetary Fund urged Greek governments, parties and citizens to take ownership of the changes and structural reforms the country needs. Finally, a plan has been tabled.

However, what the country needed was a "national" rather than a party plan. One would have thought that the political system - and in this case primarily the government - had learned from past mistakes and understood the need for a serious, long-term plan, with truly national characteristics. In other words, that the government would have dared to overcome its ideological obsessions and be guided by the national interest that requires continuation and...

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