> PRIME MINISTER
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is set to meet EU-ECB-IMF representatives at 1 p.m. before the final draft of the government’s policy statements is written; it is expected to be tabled in Parliament tomorrow. Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras will also meet with the troika heads following a swearing-in ceremony scheduled for 10 a.m…
> GOVERNMENT POLICY
The debate on the government’s policy programme will start on Friday afternoon in parliament and will conclude at midnight on Sunday with a vote of confidence…
> ‘FIRST WE EXECUTE, THEN WE CLAIM’
According to media reports, the overall negotiation of the memorandum, including the extension of the stability programme is transferred to the next Summit of the European Union. Until then the government has adopted the stance “first we execute, then we claim”, with the agreement of the three coalition parties…
> TROIKA
Technical teams representing the troika are already in Athens and have been meeting with ministry officials in a bid to form an initial picture of the state of Greece’s finances, and its progress in implementing agreed-on reforms, before…
> PRIVATE SECTOR ‘HAIRCUT’
According to sources, the government plans to cut payments by 20% if paid in cash by the money of the troika installments, while those who refuse the agreement, it intends to compensate them with government bonds that will be payable in full after decades…
> SAYINGS
Replying to a question by the joint parliamentary committee British PM David Cameron said he is ready to close the borders of Great Britain to Greek immigrants in Greece’s possible exit from the Eurozone…