According to Reuters, the plan for former European Central Bank vice-president Lucas Papademos- for many Greece’s last hope to survive this tragedy- to lead a Greek coalition government has run into trouble, delaying a resolution to the country’s political Armagedon. Sources in both parties said this was now in doubt and the two sides were looking at other options. “The Papademos candidacy has hit problems that have to do with both parties,” one of the sources told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Greek media reported that Papademos was setting conditions that both ND and PASOK would’nt accept, and others that there were objections from current Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos (!), because Papademos wanted to change the government’s economic team and include people that he actually trust like Mr.Rapanos and Mr. Giannitsis.
Greek media have mentioned parliament speaker Filippos Petsalnikos and socialist PASOK party MP Apostolos Kaklamanis but both have denied the reports that they had been picked.
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