Disowned by some of his camp, Tsipras is forced to … – The World

Le Monde | 07/17/2015 at 8:24 p.m. • Updated 17.07 .2015 at 20:56 | By Adéa Guillot (Athens, correspondence)

After a long week of negotiations, Alexis Tsipras, Premier Greece has finally announced the evening of Friday, July 17 fairly minor cabinet reshuffle. Presented by the hour because of a fifty wildfires throughout the day several regions of Greece, the reshuffle was highly anticipated since four members of the government were positioned against the agreement with Creditors in Brussels Monday. In all, ten people change portfolios or enter for the first time in government.

Panagiotis Lafazanis, Minister of productive recovery, leading slingers 39 MPs refused to vote the agreement Wednesday Parliament is the first to give way. To replace him, Panagiotis Skourletis, near Alexis Tsipras, leaves its labor minister Georges Katrougalos portfolio, which in turn leaves the post of Minister for administrative reform.

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new personalities input

In this game musical chairs, some new personalities into the government. Nadia Valavanis, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Finance, who resigned last Thursday, for example, is replaced by Triphon Alexiadis. Until now president of tax officials of the union, Mr. Alexiadis will be responsible for tax revenue. A strategic position, while the Prime Minister has reaffirmed his intention to tackle fraud and tax evasion.

Euclid Tsakalotos is confirmed in his post as finance minister, and c ‘ Sia is the historian Anagnostopoulou which will replace his deputy minister’s post for foreign affairs, he had abandoned the day after the referendum of July 5 to take the place of Yanis Varoufakis finance.

Dimitris Vitsas , long time secretary general of Syriza, was appointed Minister for Defence. By placing in his government team one of the main cogs of Syriza party, Alexis Tsipras sends the signal of the gathering while the party is still on the brink of implosion.

Finally, pointing Pavlos Haikalis, a former comic spent in politics in recent years in the ranks of the Independent Greeks (ANEL), Alexis Tsipras reward the loyalty of its coalition partner who supported him in one piece in Wednesday’s vote in Parliament.

“The master”

One of the very closest lieutenants Alexis Tsipras, the young Gabriel Sakellaridis definitely leaves his spokesman function of government , replaced by Olga Gerovassili Syriza MP since 2012 and Dr. training.

Alexis Tsipras has chosen to dip into the ranks of his political family a team able to enforce the measures demanded by creditors, ignoring European pressures were exercised covertly throughout the week to put in place a new coalition with opposition parties, including the centrist party To Potami.

But Stavros Theodorakis, the leader of To Potami, had himself rejected any idea of ​​a collaboration Tsipras government rather demanding the formation of a national unity government. For now, Alexis Tsipras rest, as he said on Monday in a television interview, “the ship’s captain” .

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