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| Greece's Tsipras defiant over economic plans |
| 2015-02-09 |
| [BBC] Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece has said he is sticking to plans to roll back austerity and rejecting an international bailout extension. He said Greece, unable to service its debt, would instead seek a bridge loan. He told parliament he would keep all pre-election pledges, promising to raise the minimum wage, pay a pension bonus and rehire public workers. Mr Tsipras's far-left Syriza party won elections last month on a promise to end austerity measures. EU officials have rejected his efforts to renegotiate Greece's bailout terms. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 "We won." |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-02-09 13:09 |
| #1 "They have given me the government checkbook, and by God I will write checks!" |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2015-02-09 08:46 |