The public sector umbrella trade union ADEDY (Supreme Administrative Council of Civil Servants' Trade Unions) on Tuesday called a 24-hour nationwide strike for Wednesday, Feb. 10. The strike was called in protest of the government policy in the public sector. Prime Minister George Papandreou, speaking after a working luncheon he hosted at the Maximos Mansion for European Council President Herman Van Rompuy on Tuesday, said that the present state of the Greek economy "is the symptom of chronic problems and what is most important is the credibility deficit which we guarantee that we shall achieve again both towards the Greek people and our partners in the European Union."
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