A marathon meeting of ruling SYRIZA MPs, chaired by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, ended late on Tuesday after talks lasting more than five hours.
The meeting’s primary focus was on the progress of the negotiations between the Greek government and the institutions representing the country’s creditors (European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund) as well as the progress of the legislative and Parliamentary work.
SYRIZA MPs discussed the view that an agreement could move ahead in two phases: The first phase could soon be concluded with a deal that would restore liquidity for Greece and the second phase would start after June and end by autumn with an agreement on the country’s debt. The government must also seek an alternative proposal on VAT, as the country’s partners disagree with a double VAT (15 pct and 18 pct).
However, the government remains negative on mass layoffs and supports restoring collective labour agreements and gradual increase of minimum wage. SYRIZA lawmakers also discussed privatizations on sectors which have already been announced.
Among the participants were SYRIZA Secretary Tasos Koronakis and SYRIZA Political Secretariat member in charge of Economics Alekos Kalyvis, as well as Minister of State for Coordinating the Government’s Work Alekos Flambouraris.
(source: ana-mpa)
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