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[[Image:Karamanlisarrivesinathens.jpg|thumb|right|[[July 24]] [[1974]]: [[Konstantinos Karamanlis]] arrives in Athens courtesy of French President [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]]]]
Ex-Premier [[Constantine Karamanlis]] was invited back from [[Paris]] where he had lived in self-exile since 1963, marking the beginning of the [[Metapolitefsi]] era. On the [[14 August]] [[1974]] Greek forces withdrew from the integrated military structure of NATO in protest at the Turkish occupation of northern Cyprus.<ref>[http://www.nato.int/docu/update/70-79/1974e.htm NATO Update 1974]</ref><ref>History, Editorial Consultant : Adam Hart-Davis, Dorling Kindersley Limited publisher, ISBN : 978 1 8561 3062 2</ref> In 1975 a democratic republican constitution was activated and the monarchy abolished by a referendum held that same year. Meanwhile, [[Andreas Papandreou]] founded the Panhellenic Socialist Party, or [[PASOK]], in response to [[Constantine Karamanlis]]' [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] party, with the two political formations dominating Greek political affairs in the ensuing decades. Greece rejoined [[NATO]] in 1980.<ref>History, Editorial Consultant : Adam Hart-Davis, Dorling Kindersley Limited publisher, ISBN : 978 1 8561 3062 2</ref> Relations with neighbouring Turkey have improved substantially over the last decade, since successive earthquakes hit both nations in the summer of 1999 ( see [[Greek-Turkish earthquake diplomacy|Greece - Turkey earthquake diplomacy]]), and today Athens is an active supporter of the country's EU membership bid.
Greece became the tenth member of the [[European Union]] on [[January 1]] [[1981]] and ever since the nation has experienced a remarkable and sustained economic growth. Widespread investments in industrial enterprises and heavy infrastructure, as well as funds from the European Union and growing revenues from tourism, shipping and a fast growing service sector have raised the country's standard of living to unprecedented levels. The country adopted the [[Euro]] in 2001 and successfully organised the [[2004 Olympic Games]] in [[Athens]].
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