Memorandum

"I will not sign the memorandum. Everything has its limits," announced Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mariya Gabriel during an extraordinary briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as she rejected the proposed WCC-DB memorandum and accused its proponents of engaging in political maneuvering.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila mentioned on Friday, in Resita (southwest) that the visit she will conduct to the United States of America next week is a working visit, during which a memorandum will be signed in the domain of Energy, but also a document with the World Bank in the realm of healthcare, reiterating that the delegation she will lead to the US is not there to take pictures, but to o

Relations between the government and the operator of Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) could reach breaking point just weeks before the general election as an informal meeting between OLP and members of the Port Planning and Development Commission last Friday not only failed to resolve the problems for the implementation of Cosco's investment but probably generated new ones too.

Minister of Interior Panagiotis Kouroumblis reiterated the hackneyed argument that government uses to answer about its austerity measures, claiming that Greek people voted for the Memorandum last September and therefore no one has the right to complain about the measures.

Ruling SYRIZA party’s parliamentary group, which was chaired by PM Alexis Tsipras, on Tuesday discussed the idea of tabling a proposal in Parliament for the establishment of a committee of inquiry into the question of how Greece found itself locked into repeated bailout programs – known locally as the “memorandum”.

Key topics of the SYRIZA Central Committee meeting are the Eurogroup deal and governments legislative initiatives and plans

From the SYRIZA Central Committee meeting the Greek Prime Minister stressed the following:

-Lenders plan is and always has been to lead our government to wear, subversion or to an unconditional surrender on memorandum cheques

By James K. Galbraith*

The Greek government is in Brussels to discuss the full range of economic issues with its European partners, including budgets, debt and structural reforms. At issue is whether funds will be available to keep paying the bills, on policy terms that Greece can accept.

The image being projected by the coalition government these days is very poor indeed.

Fearing the political cost of every tough decision that needs to be taken, cabinet ministers are breaking ranks and forcing the handful of staunch supporters of reform to wonder whether or not they’re on a suicide mission.