Greece, the long night in Parliament between screams and protests. But Syriza holds – BBC

ok the new aid plan

Milan , July 23, 2015 – 10:30

     
     
 

It was not easy: more than twelve hours of discussion, yelling, meeting in party offices to minimize the most intransigent positions of Syriza, the party Alexis Tsipras. But now that the prime minister has got the greek parliament the green light to the second block of reforms demanded by Europe, you can concentrate on the level of aid from 86 billion which also spoke in the night, in his speech in the classroom. “The agreement that tomorrow we begin to negotiate – explained to Members – gives us full coverage of our needs for the next three years, with funding of 82 billion-86 billion, while the one rejected by the referendum would sustain us for 5 months 7 billion loan plus another 6 “. It will start to talk about “debt restructuring” he added, assuring that his government will seek “allies” to “enhance” the plan. “From tomorrow we will have to renegotiate the terms of the agreement – said Tsipras -. We must use every alliance in Europe to improve the final agreement. ”

The attempt to filibuster

And this is the next step that awaits Athens, no less simple of above, including the vote of the classroom on Wednesday night when Tsipras has faced a filibuster of his party colleague and chairman of parliament Konstantopoulou Zoe, who at one point refused to chair the session in protest. Forties as Tsipras, lawyer, daughter of a partisan, does not care about the criticism. And although part of Syriza continues to harshly criticize the premier greek. Wednesday set out the steps to the vote, “contrary to the rule of law” and explained his disappointment in a letter addressed to the President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos, putting course with copy to the Prime Minister. The two will meet this morning for a confrontation.

The dissidents

Meanwhile Tsipras She managed to contain dissent within his party: the measures presented by the government were approved with 230 votes in favor and 63 against, of which more than half of the deputies of SYRIZA. The dissenters in the vote tonight were then 36, three less than last Wednesday, when he was voted the first package of reforms. Voted yes even the former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, as opposed to the vote last week, and its rethinking marks a reduction of dissent within the party.

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