Wanted: Effective officials

Greece suffers greatly from the ineptness and inactivity of people that take over state sector jobs despite lacking the necessary skills, qualities or enthusiasm.
I was watching footage yesterday from the port of Alexandroupoli in northern Greece. The port authority's CEO was making statements following a meeting with the US consul general in Thessaloniki. It was about an operation to haul the Olga dredger out of the sea after it went down nine years ago. The Americans were interested in using Alexandroupoli port as a transit hub for military equipment used in various exercises around the Balkans.

However, they had been unable to maximize the port's capabilities as the Olga had sunk next to the pier, a part of which had collapsed. The Greek CEO thanked the US for its contribution in the cleanup operation and he was evidently pleased that a problem had been solved during...

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