Prime Minister George Papandreou may propose the formation of a coalition government of national unity to lead the country out of its debt crisis, a Greek newspaper said on Saturday, but the Greek government denied the report.
Financial daily Imerisia said without citing sources that Papandreou would be willing to resign if this helped winning political consensus for a coalition government with a strong parliamentary majority.
The government dismissed the report. “This is not true,” government spokesman Ilias Mosialos told Reuters.
In June, Papandreou told the head of the conservative opposition Antonis Samaras he would be willing to step down and make way for a national unity government to win wider consensus for austerity measures under the terms of its EU/IMF bailout.
(source: ET, Reuters)
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