Greek government-debt crisis

Europe stocks little changed as investors await Greek debt talks

European stocks were little changed before a meeting between Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis and his euro-area counterparts in Brussels.

The Stoxx Europe 600 Index dropped 0.1 percent to 372.56 at 8:07 a.m. in London. Stocks climbed Tuesday amid investor optimism that Greece can reach an agreement on new bailout terms with its euro-region creditors.

Greece's new government wins confidence vote in parliament

Greece's SYRIZA-led government has won a confidence vote in Parliament, ahead of high-stakes talks in Brussels with bailout creditors.

Lawmakers voted 162-137 for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government, elected on January 25 on a platform pledging to radically overhaul austerity in the financially struggling country.

Tsipras: Greece 'cannot return to age of bailouts, submission'

Greece's prime minister Alexis Tsipras said Tuesday that the country "cannot return to an age of bailouts and suppression," ahead of critical talks with Athens's EU creditors.

"There is no return," he said in a speech to parliament the day before Greece presents a proposal for a new reform deal at an extraordinary meeting of eurozone foreign ministers in Brussels. [AFP]

New Greek govt given vote of confidence — Now comes the hard part

Greece’s Parliament provided a widely expected vote of confidence to the leftist-dominated SYRIZA coalition government early Wednesday morning, hours before a crucial Eurogroup meeting is expected to signal whether eurozone lenders will grant the recession-plagued country a credit line — until the summer — without austerity-mandated strings attached.

Former PM Samaras: We won’t let you lead us to a head-on collision

Not long before the “vote of confidence” process began in Parliament, former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras addressed SYRIZA, charging that “We won’t let you lead us into a head-on collision”.

He continued by stressing that “Whoever loves one’s country wishes the new government to succeed, but we love Greece and we won’t compromise our European future”.

GPO poll: Positive feedback on policy statements up to 79.2%

Roughly eight out of ten (79.2%) respondents expressed a positive opinion vis-a-vis the policy statements announced by the Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday. The poll was conducted by GPO on behalf of private MEGA channel. On the other hand 17.9% of respondents expressed a negative opinion.

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