"Ti kriteriji, za koje je glasano u periodu panike zbog javnog duga, bili su pretjerano visoki, čime je potpiren daljnji ekonomski pad, smanjeni su državni prihodi i povećano zapošljavanje, dok se u isto vrijeme finansijska kontrola nad pomorskim turizmom u Egeju predaje Turskoj," kaže generalni sekretar Asocijacije grčkih turističkih poduzeća Giorgos Vernicos.
"The criteria, which were voted in during a period of panic over the public debt, were excessively high, thus fuelling the downturn, reducing state revenues and increasing unemployment, while at the same time handing over the financial control of sea tourism in the Aegean to Turkey," General Secretary of the Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises, Giorgos Vernicos, said.