The Greek Parliament has voted on the tough plan that will take the country out of crisis.
Just before midnight, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to Parliament to accept his proposal as “a national responsibility. “
Late in the night, Parliament accepted the proposal by a majority of members voted in favor, writes AP.
53.5 billion euros, equivalent to 500 billion.
So much money requires Greece in emergency loans from the three lenders: the EU, the International Monetary Fund and European Central Bank.
In exchange for promises by the Greek government to, among else raise the retirement age and dieting defense. In total, the Government proposes tightening of over 120 billion in the crisis plan presented late on Thursday.
According to an EU source setting allows lenders a “positive assessment” of the Greek proposal, reports the AFP news agency late on Friday evening.
“Better on several points”
pleading before the vote in the Greek parliament did not begin until at 23 o’clock on Friday evening. Shortly before midnight appealed Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to Parliament to accept his reform proposals as “a national responsibility.” He swore at the same time that the conditions the government is now itself proposed the lenders are “better at several points” than that previously submitted to Greece an ultimatum.
Late in the night, after a long ballot, it was clear that the Prime Minister got its requirements through.
Just before half past two at night reported the news agencies Reuters and AP, a majority of MEPs voted in favor of Alexis Tsipras’s proposals.
Protests from their own party
Although the proposal went through, it was not without its problems for the Prime Minister. According to the AP, a number of members have chosen not to be present during the vote, abstained and voted against the proposal.
Total voted 251 yes, 32 no and eight people abstained by instead pressing the presence button.
Some of the blank votes came from members of Tsipras party Syriza – a protest suggesting dissatisfaction within his own party, writes AP.
Want to write down loans
On Sunday, the leaders of all the EU’s 28 member states meet to discuss the crisis in Greece. This requires that the EU-tops believes that the proposed measures are adequate to the new emergency loans to be granted.
One of the crucial questions is expected to become a part of Greece’s debt should be written down. It is said Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras have required, but will include German Chancellor Angela Merkel has previously had rejected nerskrivningar.
Can cause protests
According to experts, the measures that are on the table now is very similar to the claims that the Greek people said no to this weekend’s referendum. This means that the plan may give rise to new mass action. Moreover, resistance to austerity strongly in the left wing of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras own party, SYRIZA.
During the Friday morning met Tsipras MPs to try to persuade them to say yes to reforms.
– Either continue we together or we fall together, Alexis Tsipras told his party colleagues, according to the Greek newspaper Kathimerini.
“Great decision on Saturday”
The reactions to the new rescue package has so far been cautiously positive. French President Francois Hollande has called the proposals “credible”.
On Friday afternoon, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the ECB Mario Draghi, IMF chief Christine Lagarde and Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem a telephone conference on the crisis .
According Dijsselbloem will be a “big decision” of the Greek proposals to be made on Saturday.
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