www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
World / Europe

Greek FinMin optimistic on crucial austerity vote

(Xinhua) Updated: 2012-11-02 10:24

ATHENS - Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras expressed optimism on Thursday over the outcome of a crucial parliamentary vote next week to pass an austerity package needed to unlock further international rescue loans to Athens.

"I believe the measures will be approved," he told media after briefing Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on the "positive climate" for Greece during Wednesday's Euro Group meeting.

Stournaras said that the omnibus bill containing 13.5 billion euros ($17.5 billion) of spending cuts and reforms will be tabled on Nov 5 and ratified on Nov 7. The Euro Group meeting on Nov 12 will decide on the disbursement of the next tranche of 31.5 billion euros of bailout aid to Greece.

Greece has been kept afloat by European Union and International Monetary Fund funding since 2010 in exchange of reigning in government spending and introducing structural reforms.

In addition, the political climate in Athens has deteriorated of late, local analysts commented. Stournaras' statement came as the four-month coalition government was rocked by growing dissent among partners after a "bruising" parliamentary vote on the privatization draft law on Wednesday.

The bill passed with a slim majority, as several lawmakers, in particular within the socialist PASOK party which participates in government, defying party lines and voting against it.

On Thursday, MP Michalis Kassis quit PASOK and turned independent in protest of the austerity package and the party's policies, while former Minister Mariliza Xenoyannakopoulou followed, arguing that the current recipe "fuels recession and leads more Greeks to extreme poverty".

PASOK chief Evangelos Venizelos defended his choice to fully support the government's course to save the country and called on lawmakers to vote in favor of the austerity package next week.

According to local media reports, up to five PASOK deputies have warned that they will vote down the measures, while the Democratic Left, the smaller party in the coalition holding 16 seats in the assembly, remains adamant on its objections to labor market reforms, increasing the possibilities of a negative result.

The three-party coalition government holds 175 seats in the 300-member parliament. The conservative New Democracy party of Samaras, who also faces the prospect of defections, according to media reports, holds 127 seats.

Amid speculation whether the measures will pass and the coalition will survive, trade unions step up protests and strikes, adding pressure on the government.

Thousands of police, fire brigade, coast guard officers and employees at state hospitals took to the streets of Athens on Thursday, protesting the new round of wage cuts and tax hikes outside the parliament building, as lawyers launched a 48-hour strike.

Public transport services are expected to be disrupted on Friday due to a 24-hour strike, as elementary school teachers organize a rally. Protests will culminate in a new 48-hour general strike called by the umbrella unions of private and public sector workers GSEE and ADEDY next Tuesday and Wednesday.

It would be the fifth general strike this year and it is intended to coincide with the key vote in parliament.

Trudeau visits Sina Weibo
May gets little gasp as EU extends deadline for sufficient progress in Brexit talks
Ethiopian FM urges strengthened Ethiopia-China ties
Yemen's ex-president Saleh, relatives killed by Houthis
Most Popular
Hot Topics

...
主站蜘蛛池模板: 福利姬在线精品观看 | 67194成人手机在线 | 伊人www| 久久久久一级片 | 亚洲另类在线视频 | 久久加勒比 | 亚洲男人的天堂久久香蕉网 | 国产一区二区三区免费 | 国产97在线视频 | 亚洲国产成人久久综合一区77 | 黄a视频在线观看 | 国产中文字幕在线免费观看 | 久久综合一区二区三区 | 久久在线免费 | 一区二区在线免费视频 | 91香蕉成人 | 国产精品一区二区久久精品涩爱 | 国产a级精品特黄毛片 | 久久国产精品高清一区二区三区 | 草草视频在线播放 | 亚洲国产欧美在线人成精品一区二区 | 黄色毛片视频在线观看 | 国内精品影院久久久久 | 一级不卡毛片免费 | 99视频免费播放 | 三级精品| 国产精品午夜性视频网站 | 黄色美女毛片 | 亚洲精品美女国产一区 | 亚洲视频中文字幕在线观看 | 成人欧美一区二区三区在线 | 国内精品久久久久久 | 手机在线看片福利 | 久久精品免费观看视频 | 精品综合久久久久久88小说 | 国内精品久久久久久影院老狼 | 国产精品7m凸凹视频分类大全 | 九草在线免费观看 | 香蕉久久综合精品首页 | 日韩一区二区三区在线免费观看 | 欧美日本俄罗斯一级毛片 |