The Papandreou government is determined to do whatever is necessary to correct the abuses of the past, and it enjoys a remarkable degree of public support. There have been mass protests and resistance from the old guard of the governing party, but the general public seems ready to accept austerity as long as it sees progress in correcting budgetary abuses – and there are plenty of abuses to allow progress.
帕潘德里欧政府决心为过去的错误付出代价，因此赢得公众一定程度的支持。虽然原先的执政党举行了若干反对集会，社会大众似乎愿意做出改变来挽救过去的挥霍 —— 要改变的事情还很多。