The Greek prime minister is facing the sling several of his ministers reshuffled his government.
wildfires occurred Friday on the mountain of Ymette near Athens and in Laconia region of southern Peloponnese, which left one dead, delayed projects Alexis Tsipras. Greek Prime Minister had to go support the efforts of firefighters before announcing a ministerial mini-reshuffle, the first since he took office six months ago. It had become inevitable after the sling of part of its majority voting in Parliament the first package of reforms demanded by creditors in return for the grant of new aid.
As expected, the Greek prime minister has dismissed three ministers who voted Thursday against these measures: the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, Panagiotis Lafazanis, the Minister for Labour, Dimitris Stratoulis, and the Minister of Defence Costas Isychos . Two other slingers, Deputy Foreign Minister, Nikos Houndis and Deputy Minister for Finance, Nadia Valavani, had already withdrawn.
The Minister of Finance, Euclid Tsakalotos, remains in place. Alexis Tsipras, he was also to convey a firm message before the vote a second round of reforms on July 22, including on pensions and the opening of shops on Sunday.
As for Syriza MPs who voted for the map of Brussels, most bitterly regret now. “It was so stupid not to prepare for the drachma, laments the MP Ioannis Cretan Mihelogiannakis. We would not have been forced to vote for the rigor! “Even with regret Giorgos Kyritsis, another elected official who said he was” sick “of having” voted for an austerity memorandum “. In a letter published on the Internet, he writes: “It was the most humiliating moment of my life since the day I made on me on the school bus in CE1″
“It was so stupid not to prepare for the drachma, We would not have been forced to vote for the rigor!”
For the voices of these Deputies in the second vote, Alexis Tsipras trying to persuade that this is the only way to avoid the worst. The increase of € 900 million emergency loan limits granted to Greek banks by the ECB should help. Journalists already waiting at the airport Eleusina where soon arrive the cash bags. With this amount, banks will reopen on Monday. If the ceiling of daily withdrawals will always be set at € 60, it will be cumulative: the Greeks will get up to 180 euros every three days or 1800 euros per month. A slow return to normalcy which will perhaps give the Prime Minister ultimately to provoke early parliamentary elections.
Banks reopened Day, Monday will be also that of the entry into force of new VAT rate. Range from 13% to 23% for non-perishable food and catering, VAT will be slightly reduced to 6% for medicines, books and theater tickets. Around Ermou Street, in the tourist area of Athens, restaurateurs seem to be a reason. “With the five neighboring establishments, there was concerted, says Dimitri, coffee boss Styl. We will not raise our prices. We are obliged, otherwise we will lose customers! Anyway, if we make too much profit, it will be even more taxed, so … “
Among the merchants of this pedestrian area, this is another requirement of the EU which does not pass: the opening of shops on Sundays. A demonstration is also scheduled on Sunday morning before Parliament. “These so-called European experts have not understood, Ilias plague, owner of a shoe store. This is money which the Greeks need! What it is open seven days a week if no one can afford to buy? ! This will only increase my expenses “A little further, to leather goods Sakiris Mallas, Spiros is outraged:” Our company has already lost so much money that if my boss asks me to work on Sundays, of course I ‘ obey, assures the young salesman. But in our religion, that day is reserved for prayer. So they want us to leave aside our family, our religion and our traditions; that’s Europe? “
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