Papandreou to Push for Reducing Debt After Local Election Win

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou thanked Greeks for an initial victory in local elections, saying his government would continue to press ahead with its task of reducing a crippling budget deficit and debt burden.

“Change is what the Greek people wanted when we were voted into power a year ago,” Papandreou said in a statement yesterday televised live on state-run NET TV. “Today the Greek people reaffirmed they continue to want this change, to ask for it. From tomorrow we continue our work, while remaining absolutely committed to our great and common goals.”