Athens / Brussels – The Greek parliament has granted the early morning the government the authority to negotiate on further austerity and reform measures with the creditors and to sign an agreement.
Positive signals also come from Brussels. European Commission, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Central Bank (ECB) are satisfied in principle with the plans, such as early morning reported from Brussels EU circles.
As the Parliament Bureau in Athens announced that 251 deputies voted “yes”. 32 MPs voted against. Eight abstained. Most opposition parties had announced their agreement in advance.
However, not all MPs of the ruling coalition were behind Alexis Tsipras. Seven deputies of the Left Party SYRIZA and two other MPs were absent. Two voted against and eight abstained. Among them was the leader of the left wing Syriza ruling party, the Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis. “I support the government … but not the austerity measures, leading to the continuation of poverty,” said Lafazanis. The left wing of the party Tsipras’ rejects the austerity and reform proposals from.
Another 15 MPs of the Left Party were in the early morning to the transpire press, they had only “a heavy heart” Yes “vote”, because they wanted the prime minister in view of the negotiations in Brussels does not weaken with the creditors.
Insiders and analysts said that Tsipras soon had to deal with the problem of dissenters. Either he’ll try to find another coalition partner, or he could call out a snap election.
Tsipras campaigned during the debate at the Deputies forcefully to a power of attorney for the conclusion of an agreement with the creditors. He had in the past six months “done everything humanly possible” to lead the country without further tough austerity measures from the crisis, Tsipras said. In a rejection of the austerity program threatened “a minefield”. That he did not conceal the people. “Yes, we made mistakes,” Tsipras said. Now the country was on the brink of bankruptcy.
Tsipras said further, extremely conservative circles in Europe wanted Greece fail. “We have decided to take a” Grexit “avert”. The austerity program is hard and not in line with the electoral promises of his party. Athens but have no choice but to accept it. Tsipras urged his party and all other deputies on to give him and his government the necessary authority to conclude the austerity program with the creditors.
From Brussels it was early in the morning, talking is a rescue package with a capacity of about 74 billion euros, the IMF is involved. Greece had submitted the debt dispute after a months-long stalemate an austerity and reform package. It includes among others a VAT reform. By 2022, the retirement age is set to rise to 67 years.
The three lenders institutions had examined the proposals. Now the Euro Group must assess the afternoon at a crisis meeting, whether it considers the plans for sufficient (15.00 clock). With a positive assessment of the way for negotiations on a new tool can be leveled. In a rejection of the country threatens the exit from the euro area.
On Sunday, leaders of the 28 EU Member States will meet for an extraordinary summit. Several parliaments of the euro zone – including the German parliament – would give its approval to the package. In many respects the Athenians letter corresponds to recent claims of creditors. The blocked billions in aid for Athens from the second auxiliary pact expired on June 30, were not released at that time, because Athens had broken off negotiations.
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