The Greek Parliament will vote Sunday on the new savings program to save the country from bankruptcy. The vote to begin according to previous information shortly before midnight. The Socialists and the conservatives who support the Government of independent financial experts of Lucas of Papademos, have over 236 members of Parliament counted 300 members. The number of opponents of unpopular in the people's economy course has increased considerably but also among the members.
On Saturday, the Greek Parliament began with the crucial debate on the controversial domestically violent savings program. Prime Minister Papademos warned in a speech from the consequences of an uncontrolled insolvency. The cost includes regulations that much earlier had need to meet even the Greeks themselves. The measures are very hard, meaning painful offerings for the Greek.
The Party Chief of the Greek Government camp, Giorgos Papandreou and Antonis of Samaras, swore a your MEPs on the austerity package. Both called on their factions strongly to a closed consensus. Papandreou, Chief who spoke of a war Greece', must now be gained Socialist PASOK and Papademos ' predecessor as head of Government. Samaras as Chairman of the conservative New Democracy Party (ND) said: The country must continue to exist and are available on own legs.
.Schaeuble calls for change of consciousness.
Federal Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble (CDU) called for a change of consciousness in Greek society in the light of the debt crisis. The salvation of the country is more difficult than the German reunification, because the insight that you have, to change something and dramatic, yet has to grow many in Greece, said the CDU politician of the world on Sunday. For this reason, the promise of Greece no longer sufficient Germany. For a new support program of the EU, the country would have to first implement a part of the previous programmes. Greece should be no black hole, Schäule said. That is why the Greeks must move finally the ground. Then we can reintun anything. ..Also Minister of Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle refused further inputs at Greece. If in Athens the course be set correctly now sustainably Greece can count on our support - only. There can no longer be intermediate consumption. Now count only acts, said the FDP-politician in an interview of the news magazine Spiegel. It is the clear goal to keep Greece in the euro, this Greece must implement also the reforms.
The planned cuts by 2015 to provide strong reductions in pay in the private sector as well as dismissals of 150,000 civil servants. The approval of cost-cutting drive is a precondition for that Greece gets new multi-billion AIDS. Otherwise, the country is broke by the end of March.
Meanwhile the Greek trade unions had crippled public life largely the second day in a row in protest of the new savings program with extensive strikes. Again mainly the transport were affected. Members of the Communist Party (KKE) hung up on the Acropolis, the landmark of Athens, a large banner with the slogan Down with the dictatorship of the monopolies of the EU. Considerably fewer people as yet on Friday took part in the demonstrations.
