SYRIZA government

Six billion (extra) euros in state revenue from proposed reforms is Athens’ goal for 2015, according to a … 26-page document delivered by the leftist SYRIZA government to the “Institutions” on Wednesday.

Anti-establishment protesters occupied several public buildings in Greece and briefly entered the grounds of parliament in Athens on Wednesday, calling for the release of jailed members of a Marxist group.

Around 20 people entered the courtyard of the parliament building in central Syntagma square.

Main opposition leader Antonis Samaras shot back from Parliament's podium on Monday evening against the leftist SYRIZA government by charging that "you're not governing the country because your own (MPs) won't let you govern."

He spoke during an extraordinary party leaders' debate convened at the request of PM Alexis Tsipras, who spoke first in a nationally televised address.

The leftist SYRIZA government’s latest attempt to table and win approval of a set of reforms – as mandated by Eurozone creditors – enters a final stretch this week.

Top New Democracy cadre and former minister Dora Bakoyanni reiterated on Sunday that the main opposition party must change leadership, a direct criticism of current ND president and previous PM Antonis Samaras.

Speaking during a television program, she said “New Democracy must be re-created from scratch, and re-founded on all levels”.

The next three days may prove crucial for Greece, determining whether there will be deal or rift with eurozone partners, and whether the recession-plagued Greek economy will return to a growth orbit and restored liquidity, or, in the worst case, collapse and return to the … little drachmas of old.

Centrist Potami party on Saturday urged the SYRIZA government to "to stop playing with fire" by clashing with practically every European partner instead of dealing with the country's legitimate problems.

In his interview to Greek newspaper “Agora” the leader of PASOK accused the SYRIZA government of playing “a game of bilingualism”, while in the meantimem according to Evangelos Venizelos, the “Greek economy deteriorates”.

Former PM and New Democracy president Antonis Samaras on Friday charged that the "SYRIZA government is leading our country straight to a new Memorandum".

He also said ND's priority is the "real economy" and citizens' everyday life".

Samaras spoke during a party meeting focusing on the two-two month course of the SYRIZA -ANEL coalition government.

A list of reforms will reportedly be the focus of the “Brussel Group” on Friday, according to the leftist SYRIZA government, and following a meeting of PM Alexis Tsipras’ top advisers.
Tsipras’ closest aides mostly focused on the coordination of government actions and legislative initiatives.