Prime Minister Costas Simitis dispelled all scenarios concerning his succession within the party and moving to a position within the EU, according to the Press Conference he held for the Association of Foreign Correspondents. With the phrase, “I will devote all my strength to PASOK winning the elections and honor the order the people will give me in those elections”, he made it clear that he would lead PASOK in the next elections. Mr. Simitis characterized the Olympics and the settlement of the Cyprus and the continental reef issues, as national goals, while he also set the achievement of social justice and financial prosperity as a goal. “Mr. Simitis, with all that he said, sealed the end of his own governing. The people will judge him”, said Thodoris Roussopoulos, ND Press Spokesperson.