During the 2015 Greek debt crisis, Greece's statistical manipulation of economic figures created a credibility crisis that led to extreme proposals, including selling the Acropolis, demonstrating how statistical integrity is essential for maintaining institutional trust and preventing catastrophic policy decisions.
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Ζ. Κ. Γιούνκερ: «Κάποιος πρότεινε την πώληση της Ακρόπολης για να βρεθούν τα χρήματα»Added:
We want to know what has happened, why has happened, and I will come back as soon as possible with proposals to reinforce, if needed, the instruments in the hands of Eurostat to avoid the repetition of this kind of situations.
I have to say that I'm deeply impressed by the divergence between the old and the new figures. It happened several times in the past. If it happens once more in the future, we are putting a twist credibility of all the figures and all the framework we are moving in this.
The game is over. We need serious statistics.
>> [music] [music] >> This was seen as the major fault of Greece.
And it wasn't a fault. It was a a really big mistake to have other people considering that in Greece more or less everything is okay. Greece after having acknowledged that they were leading others in error, will no longer trust. That was the main problem. And so everyone could say about Greece whatever he wanted to say. I remember in the Eurogroup meetings that some finance ministers were proposing to sell the Acropolis in order to to get some money out of this Do you remember who said it? Yes. Will you tell us?
No.
>> [snorts] >> Because she, which is an indication, [music] Okay. doesn't want to be remembered.
>> Okay.
And how did you react when you heard the minister saying you should sell the [music] Acropolis?
How did you react as president?
>> mouth.
Mhm? Keep your mouth.
Shut up.
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