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7/17/15
Greece PM Tsipras reshuffles government after rebellion
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has made changes to his government,
removing ministers who voted against reforms necessary for a rescue
deal. Nine changes were made overall.
The reshuffle on Friday came two days after a rebellion in Tsipras' left-wing Syriza party forced him to rely on opposition votes to pass a reform package in return for talks on a third international bailout for his debt-stricken country.
Tsipras replaced Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, one of the rebels, with former Labor Minister Panos Skourletis, whose position will be taken by George Katrougalos, formerly Administrative Reforms Minister.
Skourletis is a close ally of Tsipras.
The deputy minister of defense, who was close to Lafazanis, was also removed from the post, to be replaced by Christoforos Vernardakis, an academic.
The prime minister also named Trifon Alexiadis deputy finance minister, replacing Nadia Valavani, who stepped down ahead of the vote earlier this week.
The crucial portfolio of finance minister will be kept by Euclid Tsakalotos, who took over the position on July 6 after the former holder, Yanis Varoufakis, resigned.
The new members of the cabinet are scheduled to be sworn in on Saturday.
Read more: Greece PM Tsipras reshuffles government after rebellion | News | DW.COM | 17.07.2015
The reshuffle on Friday came two days after a rebellion in Tsipras' left-wing Syriza party forced him to rely on opposition votes to pass a reform package in return for talks on a third international bailout for his debt-stricken country.
Tsipras replaced Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, one of the rebels, with former Labor Minister Panos Skourletis, whose position will be taken by George Katrougalos, formerly Administrative Reforms Minister.
Skourletis is a close ally of Tsipras.
The deputy minister of defense, who was close to Lafazanis, was also removed from the post, to be replaced by Christoforos Vernardakis, an academic.
The prime minister also named Trifon Alexiadis deputy finance minister, replacing Nadia Valavani, who stepped down ahead of the vote earlier this week.
The crucial portfolio of finance minister will be kept by Euclid Tsakalotos, who took over the position on July 6 after the former holder, Yanis Varoufakis, resigned.
The new members of the cabinet are scheduled to be sworn in on Saturday.
Read more: Greece PM Tsipras reshuffles government after rebellion | News | DW.COM | 17.07.2015
11/17/12
Greece: Government plays down rifts
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and his aides have been seeking to divert attention from a series of rifts threatening the cohesion of the fragile three-party government ahead of a Eurogroup summit on Tuesday when Greece is hoping for a decision on crucial rescue funding.
Sources told Kathimerini that an anticipated government reshuffle was not imminent as Samaras is keen to preserve a united front ahead of the Brussels summit.
After talks with Samaras Friday, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras indicated that he was hopeful his eurozone peers would reach a decision but offered no predictions. “I can’t say anything now; I don’t want to jinx it,” he said. He may have been buoyed by the cautious optimism voiced earlier by International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde for a likely solution to Greece’s debt problem.
Read more: ekathimerini.com | Government plays down rifts
Sources told Kathimerini that an anticipated government reshuffle was not imminent as Samaras is keen to preserve a united front ahead of the Brussels summit.
After talks with Samaras Friday, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras indicated that he was hopeful his eurozone peers would reach a decision but offered no predictions. “I can’t say anything now; I don’t want to jinx it,” he said. He may have been buoyed by the cautious optimism voiced earlier by International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde for a likely solution to Greece’s debt problem.
Read more: ekathimerini.com | Government plays down rifts
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