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Wed May 16, 2012, 11:28 PM May 2012

Greece's new caretaker PM jokes about name

AFP - Greece's new caretaker prime minister Panagiotis Pikrammenos on Wednesday joked that his surname -- which means "embittered" in Greek -- makes him uniquely suited for the post.

"I read in a newspaper today that, given my surname, I make the most appropriate candidate to be the last prime minister of (the post-dictatorship period)," said Pikrammenos, referring to the domination of Greek politics by the socialist and conservative parties over the past 38 years.

That dominance was shattered in a May 6 general election when embittered voters punished the socialists and conservatives for implementing a tough austerity programme imposed by the EU and the IMF in return for bailout loans.

http://www.france24.com/en/20120516-greeces-new-caretaker-pm-jokes-about-name

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