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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-11-08
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[01] Announcement of new prime minister awaited
[01] Announcement of new prime minister awaited
AMNA--Greece and all of Europe were waiting on Tuesday for the
announcement of the name of the prime minister that will head a new
coalition government that will ratify a new loan agreement for Greece and
implement the country's commitments to its international lenders before
leading Greece to early general elections, most likely in mid-February.
A flurry of deliberations was ongoing between prime minister George
Papandreou and main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Antonis Samaras
and their aides on who the new prime minister will be and on the Cabinet
members.
ND press spokesman Yiannis Mihelakis said on private television early
Tuesday that the new government will also contain political personalities,
and not only technocrats as initially planned, while the Eurogroup late
Monday asked for a "commitment in writing" from the new government to
be formed and the political forces backing it on implementation of the
October 26-27 eurozone summit decisions.
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