Im stephen sackur. Greeces debt crisis and economic collapse used to be headline news, not so much any more. But does that mean the country is in recovery . Not if you ask your average greek. Almost half of all young people are jobless, the elderly continue to see their pensions cut, austerity bites deeper with every new release of european bailout money. My guest is greeces economy minister, dimitri papadimitriou. Is there any way out of the hole greece is in . Dimitri papadimitriou, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. There you were at the end of last year, enjoying your post as a highly respected academic economist in the united states. You were plucked from that into a senior ministerialjob, the economy minister in athens. Do you regret taking thatjob, given what has happened in the last six months . Actually, i dont. I think its an important challenge. I cherish the opportunity to serve my country and i think i can do some good. And therefore, over the last sev
Im stephen sackur. Greeces debt crisis and economic collapse used to be headline news, not so much any more. But does that mean the country is in recovery . Not if you ask your average greek. Almost half of all young people are jobless, the elderly continue to see their pensions cut, austerity bites deeper with every new release of european bailout money. My guest is greeces economy minister, dimitri papadimitriou. Is there any way out of the hole greece is in . Dimitri papadimitriou, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. There you were at the end of last year, enjoying your post as a highly respected academic economist in the united states. You were plucked from that into a senior ministerialjob, the economy minister in athens. Do you regret taking thatjob, given what has happened in the last six months . Actually, i dont. I think its an important challenge. I cherish the opportunity to serve my country and i think i can do some good. And therefore, over the last sev
warpath if he did the same thing, would he? oh, look, according to responsive politics on april 25, 2017. he took a 2,700 donation from ben farms. a lobbyist. he took money from another lobbyist. on march 20th he took $500 from the another group. he took money from alpine group. a firm that includes two healthcare giants. they are both effected by the senate health committee. he took money from lobby firms. they might be interested in the fact that he serves on the agriculture and forest try committee. he salaries took money from a
warpath if he did the same thing, would he? oh, look, according to responsive politics on april 25, 2017. he took a 2,700 donation from ben farms. a lobbyist. he took money from another lobbyist. on march 20th he took $500 from the another group. he took money from alpine group. a firm that includes two healthcare giants. they are both effected by the senate health committee. he took money from lobby firms. they might be interested in the fact that he serves on the agriculture and forest try committee. he salaries took money from a
classified information obtained pursuant to the court order. now, do you know what the judge said in response to us, the fisa court judge? i want you to listen to this. april 25, 2017. this is rosemary collier, the presiding judge, keep in mind, the judges on the fisa court are picked by the chief justice of the supreme court. she wrote in this little order, the has received a pleading titled motion for leave to appear as a me can you say curiae on and on. explain that. five days later she says although presented as a request to appear, there is no matter pending before the court with respect to which such an appearance would be proper this warrant extended three times. this matter was still appearing before this court. that s number one, number two, the court has ongoing jurisdiction to supervise