1. Politics and Economy of Greece
General information about Greece
Parliamentary elections
Debt crisis
Tourism of Greece
Zakynthos
By Anita Illyés

2. General information Official name: Hellenic Republic
Form of government: parliamentary republic (since 1975)
President : Karolos Papoulias
Prime Minister: Antonis Samaras
Member of the European Union since 1981 and joined the Eurozone in 2001

3. General information
Greece has an advanced economy where the service sector takes up more than 2/3 of the GDP
GDP composition by sector: agriculture 3,8%,industry 16%, services 80,2% (in 2012)
Public debt: 161,3% of GDP
Unemployment rate: 27,2 % in January 2013(the highest in the EU)
59,1% of the under-25 age group looking for a job

4. Parliamentary elections
Since the restoration of democracy (1975), the Greek two-party system has been dominated by the New Democracy (ND) and the PASOK.
Austerity measures or not
Election results of June 2012: coalition of ND (29%),PASOK (12%),Democratic Left(6%) (opposition party SYRIZA (26%) )
Consequences:popularity of radical parties,reform of health-care and pension system,increasing unemployment
New Democracy (liberal-conservative)
PASOK (social-democratic)
Panhellenic Socialist Movement

5. Debt crisis
Reasons: financial collapse of American banks and companies in 2008 and Greece had falsified their statistics about their economy for years
The collapse of Greece would shake the economies of the southern European countries and would endanger the currently instable Eurozone.
In May 2010 the other Eurozone countries, and the IMF, agreed to a rescue package which involved giving Greece an immediate €45 billion in loans, with more funds to follow, totaling €110 billion.
Despite austerity measures it does not seems certain that Grecce is able to solve their debt problems.

6. Tourism of Greece
Based on the islands of the Mediterranean coasts, the ancient culture, and recently on mountains
~ 12 million tourists/year
Promotion of winter tourism
The most popular places:Athens,Corfu,Crete,Zakynthos,Santorini,Rhodes

7. Tourism of Greece
Athens: conference and sport tourism,cultural heritage
Peloponnese: Corinth canal,Myceane,Sparta
Olympia
Thessaloniki

8. Tourism of Greece The most popular Greek islands:
Crete: Samaria gorge,Knossos
Aegean Islands:Santorini,Rhodes
Ionian Islands: Corfu,Kefallonia,Ithaki,Zakynthos

9. Zakynthos It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands.
Zakynthos is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and it is only a municipality.
The most famous landmark of the island is the Navagio beach.
Numerous "Blue Caves", are cut into cliffs around Cape Skinari, and accessible only by small boats. 

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