Expert at the helm

Published on 5 September 2011

**- The Committee on Budget Control said ...

- Let them fall! They have neither knowledge nor experience or sense of responsibility.** While the budget control committee says the public finances are out of control, the Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos has promised to speed up structural reforms to overcome the crisis. This while recognizing that the budget deficit will exceed what was expected, mainly due to inefficiency in the fight against tax evasion.

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