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GREECE-EU: Greek Govt Votes in Favor of Tough Pension-Tax Reforms

09 May 2016

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"Greek Parliament debated a set of tough economic pension and tax reforms on Saturday and Sunday. The 300-strong Parliament voted for the bill with 153 in favor, 143 against.

Ruling leftist SYRIZA Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pointed to the hard work that his government has done in order to ensure the viability of the social security system and also made reference to social justice, pointing out that tax restructuring had been taken with vulnerable groups in mind when sharing out the burden of reforms.

Main opposition conservative New Democracy Party Leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis pointed to a “historic need” to speak the “language of truth”. “You never spoke the language of truth, Mr. Tsipras,” he said from the podium of Greek Parliament. “You didn’t do it when you said you would abolish the Memorandums of Understanding nor when you said you would bring back the 13th pension payment.” Furthermore, he said the convergence package of 3.6 bln euros that creditors called for lacked credibility."

See the article: Greek Govt Votes in Favor of Tough Pension-Tax Reforms (Greek Reporter, link)

And see: Police fire tear gas at protestors outside Greek Parliament (France 24, link) and Reactions: Greek MPs Vote on More Austerity Amid Strikes, Sit-Ins and Suspensions (Greek Reporter, link)

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