Greece Parliament votes yes Tsipras eurozone aid package
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Parliament stands with Tsipras
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This morning in the Assembly
BY KYLE ANDREW BROWN
ATHENS, July 11 – The Hellenic Parliament voted shortly after midnight this morning to support the Government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reform package for consideration by the Institutions.
The measure carried YES – 251, NO – 32, PRESENT – 8
Never in a million years did the German Chancellor ever consider that Alexis Tsipras would be calling a snap Citizen’s Plebiscite. A one week electoral exercise that Germany could not narrate. That international financial heavy weights could not influence.
After all – “It’s against the rules!” Read more
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Fifiteen SYRIZA MPs vote YES, but … *!
ATHENS, July 11 – Support by asterisks gave the government 15 MPs who voted for Syriza to the government’s measure.
In their statement stressing:”Tthe proposal is another austerity program, deregulation and privatization, which not only will not give answers to the agonizing and tragic socioeconomic problems of the country, a result of mnimoniakon policies but also will aggravate recessionary trends in the economy. And will make it even more ominous for the country’s future.” Read more
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German Reform Package
Raise VAT – Reduce services – Cut jobs
BY KYLE ANDREW BROWN
WASHINGTON, July 12 – The financial stakes for Germany and France are high. It is understood that they hold massive Greece debt on their own banks portfolios. We’re talking billions and billions of euros.
How they got there – well everybody knows. The cozy German financial pyramid scheme had the diplomats at the European Union and the IMF sorta co-sign off on loans, er bailout, er aid packages to Greece.
The bankers who booked these billions in loans – those guys in suits – they made out well. So did apparently those well placed Greeks in the oligarch class and the YES neighborhoods. Read more
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Alexis Tsipras forming grand coalition
YANNIS KOUTSOMITIS
Athens, July 11 – Europe finance ministers are evenly spit on yet another debt refinance package to Greece. Trust that the government of Alexis Tsipras would be able to meet any commitments falter in the Referendum fallout.
Greece journalist Yannis Koutsomitis gives his view.
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