Greek PM coalition gov't to be announced
Pro-bailout conservative New Democracy (ND) party
leader Antonis Samaras was sworn in Wednesday as prime minister of
debt-crippled Greece, and pledged to work hard to give people tangible
hope.
The announcement of the line-up of a coalition government, to be formed under an agreement between ND, the socialist PASOK party and the smaller Democratic Left, is expected to be announced Thursday and a swearing-in ceremony will follow shortly.
In his first statement to the press after being sworn in at the presidential palace Wednesday afternoon, the 61-year-old winner of Sunday's national polls said, "we will do everything we can to take the country out of the crisis."
One of the first actions of the new government, according to local reports, will be to call EU and International Monetary Fund (IMF) auditors back to Athens and request a two-year extension of the stability and growth program to ease the pressure on recession-hit Greeks.
The deal on the formation of a three-party coalition government ended two months of political uncertainty in Greece that had added to its severe economic woes.
The announcement of the line-up of a coalition government, to be formed under an agreement between ND, the socialist PASOK party and the smaller Democratic Left, is expected to be announced Thursday and a swearing-in ceremony will follow shortly.
In his first statement to the press after being sworn in at the presidential palace Wednesday afternoon, the 61-year-old winner of Sunday's national polls said, "we will do everything we can to take the country out of the crisis."
One of the first actions of the new government, according to local reports, will be to call EU and International Monetary Fund (IMF) auditors back to Athens and request a two-year extension of the stability and growth program to ease the pressure on recession-hit Greeks.
The deal on the formation of a three-party coalition government ended two months of political uncertainty in Greece that had added to its severe economic woes.
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