After Andreas Papandreou formed his PASOK socialist party 30 years ago, he catapulted into the prime minister's seat with promises of unprecedented social benefits and a vow to restore the integrity and dramatically increase the pensions of senior citizens, whom he called "the proud elderly".
Pošto je Andreas Papandreu pre trideset godina osnovao svoj PASOK, postao je premijer uz najavu do tada nezabeleženih socijalnih davanja i obećanje da će drastično povećati penzije i povratiti integritet starijim građanima, koje je nazvao „ponosnim starcima“.