Labor
Minister says stimulating growth, not belt-tightening, is best way to bolster
country’s finances
The Wall
Street Journal
By NEKTARIA
STAMOULI and MARCUS WALKER
Jan. 12,
2016 4:41 a.m. ET
ATHENS—Greece’s
left-led government renewed its challenge to its creditors’ austerity policies
on Tuesday, vowing to resist further pension cuts while calling on Europe to
let Greece meet budget targets mainly via economic growth, not belt-tightening.
“The best
way to fill this gap [in Greece ’s
budget] isn't by reducing, but by increasing the economy,” Labor Minister
George Katrougalos said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.