Continue the efforts towards recovery

29^th May 2012

On 28th May the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, declared during a speech in Nicosia that the European Union, and therefore the Member States, hold their destiny within their hands. He reminded his listeners that the exceptional situation in Greece since 2008 has called for effort, sacrifices and solidarity. He stated that Greece "must remain in the euro zone and keep its commitments" and hopes that this will be the choice made by the Greek government after the elections. What awaits the Union, beyond this crisis, are real structural challenges and decisions that will be hard but necessary. He said that at the next summit meeting, in June, decisions will be taken with regard to employment and growth, "two sides of the same coin" inextricably bound together for future prosperity.

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