Greek government seeking to reverse slide

With the Greek government eager to push the reset button and reverse its slide in the polls, senior officials hinted again Thursday that pre-agreed pension cuts in January could be scrapped.

Digital Policy Minister Nikos Pappas, who is also a close aide of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, said that the government could act unilaterally to suspend the cuts without the approval of Greece's creditors.

"Portugal refused pension and wage cuts without there being a crisis," Pappas said in a Twitter post, citing the southern European country that is also under surveillance after emerging from its bailout.

Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis echoed similar sentiments.

"The 2019 budget will not include pension cuts. On the contrary, it will include relief measures for weaker social strata," he told Real FM radio.

Their remarks came amid reports on Wednesday...

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