Grčka - enormni dug, protesti oko mera štednje

[vememah]

Ciprasova većina se stanjila, izgubio je dva poslanika na glasanju o merama za pomoć.

 

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Friday appealed for “a minimum of political consensus” in a televised exchange with President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, a comment that fueled speculation his government would reach out to the opposition after losing two MPs in a bailout vote on Thursday night.

 

“On the crucial issues, the refugee crisis... the Cyprus problem, Greek-Turkish affairs, the [Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia] name issue, and of course on crucial social issues, the pension system, education, there must be a minimum of political consensus,” Tsipras told Pavlopoulos.

 

The meeting came just a few hours after his government passed a final set of prior actions linked to up to 12 billion euros in rescue loans, a 2-billion-euro bailout tranche and up to another 10 billion euros for the recapitalization of Greek banks.

 

The vote came at a cost as two MPs broke ranks with the government and were ousted, reducing the coalition’s majority in Parliament to three.

 

http://www.ekathimerini.com/203651/article/ekathimerini/news/pms-comments-on-need-for-accord-on-key-issues-fuel-speculation

[Hella]

jel ovo istina ili se neko dobro zeza

 

When earlier today we read a report in the Greek Enikonomia, according to which Greek taxpayers would be forced to declare all cash "under the mattress" (including inside) or boxes that contain more than 15,000 euros as well as jewelry and precious stones (including gold) worth over 30,000 euros, starting in 2016, we assumed this has to be some early April fools joke or a mistake.

 

After all, this would be merely the first step toward full-blown asset confiscation, conducted so many times by insolvent governments throughout history, once the government cracks down on those who made a "mistake" in their asset declaration form or simply refuse to fill such a declaration, thereby making all their assets eligible for government confiscation.

 

It was not a joke.

 

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-12-01/greeks-told-declare-cash-under-mattress-jewelry-and-precious-stones

 

[Hella]

Podemos je gotov.

 

+1 izgleda da bi bilo bolje da levica u ojropi zatvori radnju i preseli se u burundi recimo 

 

 

Pablo Iglesijas (37), vođa španskog Podemosa bliskog Sirizi Aleksisa Ciprasa, pre godinu dana je poput grčkog premijera bio “dečko koji obećava”, predvodeći stranku koja je bila prva u anketama. Godinu dana kasnije, podrška Podemosu prepolovljena je sa 28 na 14 odsto, a u međuvremenu je Iglesijas ostao bez devojke, glavni saradnik mu je optužen za utaju poreza, a 70 odsto Španaca ga sada smatra amaterom koji može da ih ostavi bez novca.

 

http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Svet/611292/Za-njega-su-govorili-da-ce-spasti-celu-zemlju-a-sada-su-ga-ostavili-i-gradjani-i-DEVOJKA

[bigvlada]

jel ovo istina ili se neko dobro zeza

 

Molio bih da se ne prenose vesti sa zerohedge-a, finansijskog ekvivalenta trećeg oka. 

 

Zero Hedge: Wall Street's daily dose of doom and gloom

 

http://money.cnn.com/2014/09/25/investing/zero-hedge-wall-street-blog-finance/index.html

[Dr Arslanagić]

Kirijakos Micotakis novi lider ND.

[Budja]

Kirijakos Micotakis novi lider ND.

 

Mlad, moderan...

Kakvo iznenadjenje!

Dobio i pored prezimena.  ;)

Edited January 12, 2016 by Budja

[vememah]

Zapadna štampa je vrlo zadovoljna:
 
FT:

According to unofficial results, the former administrative reform minister and scion of a Greek political dynasty captured more than 52 per cent of the vote to below 48 per cent for Evangelos Meimarakis, a former speaker of parliament.
...
The 47-year-old son of a former prime minister, Mr Mitsotakis was billed as an outsider in the leadership race since the party’s establishment openly supported Mr Meimarakis, a veteran of New Democracy’s populist wing.
...
The Harvard-educated Mr Mitsotakis implemented a significant chunk of public sector reforms included in Greece’s second bailout programme, taking on interest groups committed to protecting civil servants’ longstanding privileges.
“Mitsotakis’s win is positive news as he’s an intelligent and competent economic reformer, well-liked in Brussels and Berlin,” said Mujtaba Rahman of Eurasia Group, a risk consultancy.
“But he’s less likely to be willing to co-operate with [prime minister Alexis] Tsipras and [the governing party] Syriza which increases the risk of political instability and with it, early elections.”
 
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3509ba68-b7dc-11e5-bf7e-8a339b6f2164.html

 
Newsweek:

“Tsipras should be worried,” Theofanis Exadaktylos , lecturer in European politics at the University of Surrey tells Newsweek. “[in Mitsotakis] we have someone who can seriously reorganise the opposition, present a credible alternative in parliament, or challenge some of those decisions that the government is taking forward.”
 
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:a-sBUuYUqpQJ:www.newsweek.com/tsipras-debt-crisis-new-democracy-413893+&cd=3&hl=sr&ct=clnk&gl=rs

 
WSJ:

New Democracy formed part of the Greek governments that carried out austerity measures under the country’s bailout program in 2012-14, but its commitment to free-market overhauls was unsteady. Mr. Mitsotakis, the minister tasked with reforming Greece’s sclerotic public administration during that time, was viewed as one of the most reform-minded cabinet members during that time.
...
The win by Mr. Mitsotakis signals a deep desire for change among Greeks, analysts say.
“He is a person who represents reform, a continuation of the work done by Greek leaders in the past that led the country into the eurozone,” said Harris Mylonas, assistant professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. The impact of Sunday’s ballot “goes beyond New Democracy’s internal politics” and could shift the national debate, energizing Greeks who want more economic change, Mr. Mylonas said.
...
Some 320,000 people took part in Sunday’s ballot, after having paid a small fee to register for the first round of New Democracy’s leadership election in December.
 
http://www.wsj.com/articles/kyriakos-mitsotakis-elected-to-lead-greeces-conservatives-1452463081

Edited January 12, 2016 by vememah

[Frank Pembleton]

Ja baš pre neki dan pomislio, šta je sa Grčkom dešava li se šta ili smo svi zaboravili?

 

 

Poslato sa WC šolje by BVK

[vememah]

AFP:

No-nonsense reformer Kyriakos Mitsotakis, son of a former prime minister, on Sunday beat the odds to become the new leader of Greece's conservative New Democracy party after winning a nationwide vote.
...
"I stand for meritocracy, transparency and equal opportunities," Mitsotakis told Kathimerini daily in an interview a day before the vote.
...
Mitsotakis has been accused of excessive job-cutting zeal during his term as administrative reform minister in 2013-2015, his first and only ministerial post to date.

"I found this policy in place, I applied it as best I could," he insisted this week.

http://news.yahoo.com/no-nonsense-reformer-mitsotakis-takes-over-greek-conservative-211113834.html

 

Hugo Dixon za Rojters analizira zašto ovo nisu dobre vesti za Ciprasa:
 

Dramatic twist

New Greek opposition leader may cause instability
11 January 2016 | By Hugo Dixon
 
The choice of a new Greek leader of the opposition raises the risk of clashes between Athens and its euro zone creditors. It intensifies the country’s complex political dynamics.

At first sight, Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ election as leader of the centre-right New Democracy party would seem unalloyed good news. He is a liberal reformer who was considered among the most effective ministers in the grand coalition government that fell last January. The policies he advocates – tackling vested interests, freeing up the economy and competent governance – are exactly what Greece needs.

Creditors now have a credible alternative to Alexis Tsipras, the leftist prime minister who agreed after much anguish to a reform programme but has not been implementing it with any enthusiasm.

But things may not be so simple. Tsipras is running a government with a wafer-thin majority and has to pass a raft of unpopular legislation – especially to cut the state pensions bill – as part of his deal with Greece’s creditors.

Until Mitsotakis’ election, it looked like the prime minister would either manage to hang onto his current majority or, if more of his own members of parliament rebelled, cobble together a new coalition with some small centre and centre-left parties. And, if that failed, he could just call another election which he would win easily.

But Tsipras can probably no longer take that last gamble. Meanwhile, the smaller parties won’t be so keen to join his coalition as they will fear their voters would flock to Mitsotakis’ banner. This, in turn, means potential rebels within Tsipras’ own ranks will feel emboldened, calculating that he depends on them.

As a result, the prime minister may be tempted to take a tougher line with the creditors and try to dilute some of the harsher reforms. Those representing the euro zone, meanwhile, may feel they can take a harder line with Athens as Tsipras is no longer the only game in town.

There are, of course, lots of ifs and maybes in this scenario. But it suggests that the Mitsotakis win, while welcome, may create more surprises in a drama that has already proved immensely unpredictable.
 
http://www.breakingviews.com/new-greek-opposition-leader-may-cause-instability/21231022.article

Edited January 12, 2016 by vememah

[Budja]

Ovaj, ja vidim da se ovde pod "vested interests" podrazumevaju samo "civil servants", no sta cemo sa krupnim kapitalom oko njegove porodice?

 

To se nesto ne spominje.

 

Rekao bih, kao i obicno, da zapadna stampa overreacts u porgnoziranju Ciprasovog politickog kraja vec prognoziranog X puta.

[Eraserhead]

Micotakis je koliko vidim Harvard-Stanford-Harvard... Impressive, ali to ipak ne garantuje da ce biti dobar politicar.

[Dr Arslanagić]

ne može da omane, i cara Dušana je nasledio... oh wait

 

šta god da Cipras radi ne mogu da ga ne simpatišem, pored ovih govana dinastičkih

[aram]

+ beskonacno

[Budja]

Micotakis je koliko vidim Harvard-Stanford-Harvard... Impressive, ali to ipak ne garantuje da ce biti dobar politicar.

 

I Misa koji glodje kravatu ima slicnu impressive biografiju, pa Wolf Jeremic, pa...

[vememah]

 Prva anketa nakon izbora novog lidera Nove demokratije pokazuje da je Siriza pala na drugo mesto.

 

Politics

 

New Democracy takes lead in the first poll since Mitsotakis election

 

Main opposition New Democracy has taken the lead over governing Syriza according to the first opinion poll since the surprise election of Kyriakos Mitsotakis last Sunday.

According to the poll bυ Metron Analaysis for the newspaper Parapolitika, New Democracy leads Syriza by 3.7%.

 

The poll results:

New Democracy: 23.6%

Syriza: 19.9%

Golden Dawn: 4.6%

Pasok/Dimar: 4.1%

Communist party KKE: 4.6%

Potami: 2.2%

Independent Greeks: 2.1%

Centrist Union: 2.7%

Popular Unity: 2.3%

 

 

 

http://www.thetoc.gr/eng/politics/article/new-democracy-takes-lead-in-the-first-poll-since-mitsotakis-election

Edited January 15, 2016 by vememah