The Greek prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, has succeeded in the night of Wednesday to Thursday to push through parliament the first reforms demanded by creditors for a new aid plan, but needed Opposition to reach the account.
These measures, including increases in VAT, measures on pensions and the adoption of a budget rule gold, were adopted by 229 votes for, while 64 MPs voted against and 6 abstained.
If the right-wing sovereignist Anel, who governs with the radical left party Syriza Alexis Tsipras, argued the latter with its dozen members, significant defections were registered in the camp of Prime Minister. Thus, 39 MPs have failed him voting against (32) as the former Minister of Finance and Yanis Varoufakis Parliament Speaker Zoe Konstantopoulou, abstaining (6) or were absent (1).
This is the Prime Minister lose his parliamentary majority (Syriza and Anel have 162 seats out of 300), without immediately draws conclusions.
Clashes outside
The debate began around 9:00 p.m. local time when taking place outside scuffles between dozens of helmeted and masked youths and police. About forty young men were arrested and some injured.
Thursday’s vote, which took place about an hour after midnight limit required by the creditors is the first step of a obstacle course set in Athens on Monday by the EU and the IMF to enable it to expect a third aid package of 80 billion euros.
poour convince parliamentarians to adopt the new austerity measures, Alexis Tsipras and his supporters, while holding a yes, have not oversold the project. “Monday morning at 9:30 am (the time of signature, note) was the worst moment of my life,” has said the new Minister of Finance, Euclid Tsakalotos.
Alexis Tsipras, for his part, said that the agreement provided, especially because it gives visibility for three years, is better than the Greeks rejected on 5 July in more than 61% in a referendum, which covered only five months. The Prime Minister admitted “disapprove the draft agreement on many points.” “But it was that or a disorderly default” , has he supported.
cracked Syriza
Monday’s agreement and the prospect of its adoption by the Greek Parliament has cracked the ranks of the leftist coalition Syriza. During the day, the Deputy Finance Minister Nadia Valavani delivered its portfolio. As for the former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, who has not spoken in Parliament, he compared the agreement to “a new treaty of Versailles” and has reproduced on his blog, fully annotated critical red, writing to clients: “Read it and weep.” Earlier, a majority of Syriza executives had said publicly disagree with the text, asking the central committee of the coalition to meet in emergency.
another personality to vote no, the Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis assured for his part after the vote that Syriza, which is on the left wing, continued “united, and always strongly supported the government.” Instead of the Prime Minister, he said, “I would continue to govern and to apply our program.”
The acting president of the main opposition New Democracy party Evangelos Meimarakis, said during the discussion that he would not ask anything in return for the vote of its members, and assured after voting not to seek confidence vote.
The current weakness of the Greek opposition could allow Alexis Tsipras to get out without too much damage of the vote won without all of his party. A poll published Tuesday showed anyway, even if the reshuffle of the coalition, the Greeks want to keep the head of the country to 68%.
To a discussion on reducing debt?
Prime Minister also welcomed the agreement “ requires first Europeans to discuss a debt reduction” the country which reached 180% of GDP. Alexis Tsipras can invoke the support of the IMF, which caused a stir Tuesday pretend to balance its participation in the next aid package for Greece, if the Europeans, who hold the vast majority do not alleviate it by spectacular maturity extensions or by an outright reduction, they do not want to hear about now.
On Wednesday, the Executive Director Christine Lagarde said the Fund now have “some hope” to be heard.
The French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has proven agree to a “relief” but “reprofiling” not by frank reduction Wednesday before French MPs have also adopted by 412 votes to 69, the new draft agreement for Greece. But the text still has to go before more reluctant parliaments, such as German or Finnish.
After the first step of the night of the vote, carried out in two days and supposed to demonstrate to creditors that Greece d ‘Alexis Tsipras is now a reliable negotiating partner now expects Athens on Thursday a little air in the form of a European emergency aid to enable it to meet its immediate needs.
They should discuss it during a Eurogroup telephone late morning. Greece relies also on an increase in the ECB’s emergency aid to Greek banks on Thursday at the meeting of Governors. These banks have been closed since June 29
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