Dimitri Papadimitriou - Minister of Economy and Development, Greece
HARDtalk · Season 2017 · Episode 76
Stephen Sackur speaks to Greece's economy minister, Dimitri Papadimitriou. Greece's debt crisis and economic collapse used to be headline news, but not so much anymore. But does that mean the country is in recovery? Not if you ask the average Greek.Almost half of all young people are jobless and the elderly continue to see their pensions cut. With austerity biting deeper with every new release of European bailout money, is there any way out of the hole Greece is in?
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Season
2017
Episode
76
Air Date
27/Jun/2017
Air Time
04:30
Runtime
30 min
Overview
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Stephen Sackur speaks to Greece's economy minister, Dimitri Papadimitriou. Greece's debt crisis and economic collapse used to be headline news, but not so much anymore. But does that mean the country is in recovery? Not if you ask the average Greek.Almost half of all young people are jobless and the elderly continue to see their pensions cut. With austerity biting deeper with every new release of European bailout money, is there any way out of the hole Greece is in?
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