Showdown for Tsipras on Sunday: Parliament in Athens votes on austerity from – n-tv.de NEWS

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 Thursday 05 May 2016

 
 
 

 
 At the weekend it will be exciting in Athens: Parliament to approve most of the austerity measures in return for new billions in aid. Premier Tsipras has only a slim majority. Not just his political survival is at stake.
 

 
 

The government in Athens will be cheap this Sunday most of the new Greek austerity package by Parliament. This was announced by Parliament Bureau, reported the Greek state television (ERT). With the roll-call vote was expected late on Sunday.

Enter the deputies green light, the Greek Finance Euclid Tsakalotos would travel on Monday strengthened the meeting of the Euro Group to Brussels to discuss the Greek austerity measures, it said government sources.

It was originally expected the vote until next Wednesday. The vote is considered a test of strength for the left-right coalition government under Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Many government officials have in fact commented on these savings proposals repeatedly negative. Tsipras government has a slim majority of 153 deputies in the parliament with 300 seats.

The Greek unions struck on Thursday afternoon alarm and planned strikes, Greek media reported unanimously. For Sunday rallies against the new austerity measures were planned. The Seamen’s Union (PNO) decided a four-day strike on the ferries in the Aegean. He should start on Friday morning and ends on Tuesday morning. The civil servants would go on strike on Friday.

It’s about pension cuts amounting to 1.8 billion euros. In addition, a further 1.8 billion euros new taxes should be imposed. At a later date to be endorsed by new indirect taxes on Parliament further 1.8 billion euros.

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Without an agreement with the creditors Athens no new billions in aid to the bankrupt threatened country may flow. Athens has nearly 3.67 billion euros from the IMF, the ECB and to repay other creditors in July. This money has the government not at the time.

For Tsipras it comes to political survival. If the negotiations with the creditors, Tsipras would actually withdraw only the option and bring new elections. Another campaign – it would be the fourth in just 16 months – could the Greek bailout program throw final of the track

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  Source: n-tv.de
 

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