Gov't in all-night talks with creditors over multi-bill

Government officials were in talks with representatives of the country's international lenders into the early hours of Tuesday, putting the final touches on a multi-bill containing the final measures Greece needs to legislate to enter the last stretch of its current bailout program.

A regulation making it harder for labor unions to call strikes and another allowing the state to electronically auction off the assets of debtors are the two main sticking points for the leftist-led government, which fears public reaction.

A government source told Kathimerini that the leftist-led administration is in favor of the regulation allowing the state to conduct electronic foreclosures, as this would not only benefit the country's banks but also make the process more transparent by cutting out profiteering middlemen.

According to the source, initial reservations on behalf of...