"The country's big stake is to create a different and better Greece", Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou stressed on Monday, in a greeting to an Information and Communication General Secretariat event for heads of the Greek Embassy abroad Press Offices and directors of the Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) offices abroad.

Recalling that Greece had found itself at a "turning point" at which it had to decide whether to change or not, PM Papandreou underlined that the government's response to this wager is "yes, Greece is changing, will change, and will always be changing",

He?also said?that the dilemma concerned not only putting the country's fiscal finances in order which, he noted, was absolutely self-evident and was being achieved with sacrifices and efforts by all the Greeks, but also concerned combating the symptom.

Assessing the present crisis an opportunity and a necessary remedy for the ailment, the epidemic and the disaster-mongering that the effort is in vain, and that the Greeks are unable to shape their own fate, PM Papandreou explained that in 2010 Greece succeeded in not only drastically reducing the deficits of the past, but also, in the space of just a few months, it dared to make and is making big and historical changes, surprising those who had mistakenly believed in the negative image of the country,

Speaking of Greece's long-standing problems, PM Papandreou further stressed that nothing will be achieved if the attitude and operation of the state does not change, and called the civil servants the "key" to changing the attitude in the state, and their abilities the "wealth" that must be utilized.

Further, PM Papandreou stressed that what is sought is "the creation of a radically new model in the direction of social freedom, lawfulness, creativity and progress, with a productive and viable Economy, green growth, and a new people-oriented model of collective organization and operation."