Sentence examples for the papandreou from inspiring English sources

The Papandreou story was in some ways similar.

The Papandreou government must also contend with a political and social crisis.

Though the Papandreou family has the political resonance in Greece of the Kennedys, Mr. Papandreou is American-born and educated.

But two years later, with Greece on the verge of default and a possible exit from the euro, not even the Papandreou name could save him.

The Papandreou administration has said that in 2010 it will hire only one new state worker for every five who retire.

Ironically, though, the foreign minister owes some of his freedom to "take risks for peace" to the Papandreou family mantle and the family's network of loyal supporters.

Though Greece has little history of referendums – the last was in 1974 on the return of the king – Papandreou has reportedly floated the idea for the last year or more as a means of gaining public backing.

The younger Papandreou backed the new men against the populist old guard around his father, to whom he was never close.Might he one day become the third Papandreou to become prime minister of Greece?

My friend is from the centre-right, as it happens, but to him the problems of the current Papandreou could not be understood in terms of bad policies alone.

Highlighting the depths of the passions aroused by the measures, Papandreou expelled three deputies from his Socialist party group of MPs who abstained in the vote.

The eldest son of the late Andreas Papandreou, the populist firebrand who was prime minister of Greece for most of the period between 1981 and 1996, he has long had trouble persuading people to take him seriously.Until now, that is.