Greek leaders have can agree in a seven-hour long negotiations in almost all issues of cost-cutting measures. As reported by the Office of the Greek Prime Minister Lucas of Papademos, just a point remained unclear at the end of the night session. This shall be according to the Party Chairman of the Nea Demokratia (ND), Antonis of Samaras, the fiercely controversial reduction of supplementary pensions.Prime Minister Papademos morning then continued negotiations with the troika of EU representatives, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank early. Also there was found on the consensus: according to Government circles, Greece has two weeks to work out the open point of pension savings. This will concern a sum of EUR 300 million. Overall the heavily indebted country of the euro needs to save 1.5 percent of gross domestic product this year, corresponding to about 3.3 billion Euro.Die decision is now according to the Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos to the European Union. I hope that the meeting of the Eurogroup will take place and that she approved the new program. Of which the financial survival of our country depends, said Venizelos in the Fernsehen.Absenkung of the minimum wage to 22 ProzentDie euro Finance Ministers want to meet Thursday evening in Brussels to discuss Greece. Euro Group Chairman Jean-Claude Junker will are with his colleagues on the consequences and in the work in Athens.Papademos and the leader of the Socialists, conservatives and the extreme right LAOS party had negotiated a 50-page paper, which includes the agreement between the Government and the troika. Reportedly sees this lowering of the minimum wage on 586 euros gross (down 22%), and the removal of 15,000 posts until the end of the year. The still-controversial deletion of supplementary pensions should be about 15 percent.The conditions of the savings are extremely unpopular in Greece. With a general strike, the trade unions had made mobile on Tuesday against them. The success of the Greek austerity efforts depends on whether the EU further help out the indebted country with emergency loans. Would this not happen Greece be insolvent in March.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Greeks agree on cost - except for one
Greek leaders have can agree in a seven-hour long negotiations in almost all issues of cost-cutting measures. As reported by the Office of the Greek Prime Minister Lucas of Papademos, just a point remained unclear at the end of the night session. This shall be according to the Party Chairman of the Nea Demokratia (ND), Antonis of Samaras, the fiercely controversial reduction of supplementary pensions.Prime Minister Papademos morning then continued negotiations with the troika of EU representatives, International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank early. Also there was found on the consensus: according to Government circles, Greece has two weeks to work out the open point of pension savings. This will concern a sum of EUR 300 million. Overall the heavily indebted country of the euro needs to save 1.5 percent of gross domestic product this year, corresponding to about 3.3 billion Euro.Die decision is now according to the Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos to the European Union. I hope that the meeting of the Eurogroup will take place and that she approved the new program. Of which the financial survival of our country depends, said Venizelos in the Fernsehen.Absenkung of the minimum wage to 22 ProzentDie euro Finance Ministers want to meet Thursday evening in Brussels to discuss Greece. Euro Group Chairman Jean-Claude Junker will are with his colleagues on the consequences and in the work in Athens.Papademos and the leader of the Socialists, conservatives and the extreme right LAOS party had negotiated a 50-page paper, which includes the agreement between the Government and the troika. Reportedly sees this lowering of the minimum wage on 586 euros gross (down 22%), and the removal of 15,000 posts until the end of the year. The still-controversial deletion of supplementary pensions should be about 15 percent.The conditions of the savings are extremely unpopular in Greece. With a general strike, the trade unions had made mobile on Tuesday against them. The success of the Greek austerity efforts depends on whether the EU further help out the indebted country with emergency loans. Would this not happen Greece be insolvent in March.
