The Greek government promised to clean up corruption among politicians to restore public trust, but does not want to trigger political instability as the country struggles with a debt crisis that has shaken the euro, Reuters reoprted. Greece has been rocked by a series of major protests against government measures to cut the country's bulging deficit. A key demand of the protesters has been a crackdown on corrupt politicians they blame for mismanaging the Greek economy. "What people want, and the government certainly shares that desire, is for there to be a clean-up both at the political and social level, so that relations between each other clear up and confidence is restored," government spokesman George Petalotis told a weekly newspaper published on Saturday. For decades Greeks have tolerated endemic petty corruption and political graft. But the current debt crisis has forced the government to introduce an austerity package in return for 110-billion euro ($140 billion) EU and IMF bailout. Investors are closely watching public reaction to the wage cuts and tax hikes, and whether the Socialist government will stand up to public pressure, or go soft on the painful reforms. -- SPA