Parliament likely to pass financial blueprint described as overly optimistic by anti-austerity campaigners and EU lendersWith demonstrators massed before it, the Greek parliament was poised on Sunday to pass a budget that has put it at odds with not only anti-austerity voters but the troika of creditors keeping the debt-stricken country afloat.As unions gathered outside the 300-seat house protested against the blueprint, Athens’ ruling coalition signalled it would address objections raised by lenders at the EU, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund on Monday. Continue reading...
 |
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.theguardian.com |