Greek government-debt crisis

The majority of Greeks support the government, an opinion poll showed Saturday, also finding that most people are satisfied with the outcome of negotiations with the country?s foreign lenders.

The head of a new ministry created by the government to crack down on corruption is preparing a barrage of inspections on wealthy Greeks who are unable to justify the source of their income, Kathimerini understands.

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde is to meet Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis for the first time face-to-face on Wednesday during the emergency Eurogroup meeting being held to discuss the future of the Greek program. There is a strong possibility that European Central Bank President Mario Draghi may also be present at this meeting.

An opinion poll by the University of Macedonia for SKAI TV recorded that three out of every four Greeks, 75%, believe that the new government is determined to carry out its pre-election pledges while 72% of Greek citizens support the government's confrontation with the troika of international creditors from the European Commission, European Central Bank and International Monetary fund.

A plan by the government to pay non-professionals, including students and tourists, an hourly fee to work as undercover tax agents in order to boost a crackdown on evasion prompted reactions from the political opposition and from Greek tax inspectors over the weekend.

A government cabinet  meeting is taking place at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Matters to be discussed include various policy statements by Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) deputies in their new posts. They will outline issues to be covered in Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ speech at 7 p.m. on Sunday.

? pro-government rally is being organized on social media to take place at Syntagma Square on February 11, on the same date as the Eurogroup meeting.

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Greece has 10 days to decide on its future following two bombs that fell on its economy last week:

* Late on Wednesday: No sooner did the markets show signs of confidence that the European Central Bank yanked Greek collateral for Greek banks.

Commenting on the debt swap proposals by Greek Finance Minister Varoufakis, ALDE Group leader Guy Verhofstadt said

"We first want to see serious and concrete structural reform plans from the Greek government before the EU can possibly enter into any negotiations on debt relief."