Papadimitriou said that before PASOK took office, the centre-right government of Costas Karamanlis "simply blamed [the country's debt] on the global economic crisis".
Papadimitriju kaže da je, pre nego što je PASOK preuzeo vlast, vlada desnog centra premijera Kostasa Karamanlisa "jednostavno za dug zemlje krivila globalnu ekonomsku krizu".