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Inspection tour of Greece delayed with PM Antonis Samaras and Finance Minister Vassilis Rapanos in hospital
Greece's new leaders will be unable to attend this week's EU summit on the euro crisis or host the "troika" team of creditors in Athens because two senior figures in the incoming administration are ill.
Days after a new conservative-led coalition was installed, doctors said the new prime minister, Antonis Samaras, would be unable to attend the Brussels summit. International auditors then said they had been forced to postpone a visit to assess Greece's financial progress.
The inspection tour by monitors from the EU, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund, the first since March, had been seen as key to releasing rescue funds for the cash-strapped Greece. But officials said on Sunday the hospitalisation of Samaras and his finance minister, Vassilis Rapanos, had meant it would be delayed until both were back at work.
In the case of Samaras, 61, who underwent an eye operation on Saturday, that is not likely for at least a week. On Sunday the prime minister's physician, Panaghiotis Theodosiadis said he had "staunchly forbidden" Samaras from any travel following "difficult surgery" for a detached retina. After his release from an Athens clinic on Monday, the conservative leader would have to stay at home for at least a week to "fully recover" the doctor told reporters gathered at the hospital.
Rapanos, 65, was under orders to rest after fainting on Friday. He was taken to hospital, where doctors revealed he was suffering from intense abdominal pain, nausea and dizziness, and is expected to stay until Tuesday, but it is unclear if he will be able to travel after that, said the daily Vima on Sunday.
Rapanos, a respected economist who was imprisoned during Greece's 1967-1974 military dictatorship after he was caught targeting banks with bombs, has long battled health problems. He had still not been sworn in when he collapsed on Friday.
Greece, which will now be represented by a four-strong team headed by the foreign minister, Dimitris Avramopoulos, had announced that it would launch efforts to ease the punishing terms of its latest €130bn (£104bn) international rescue package at the summit.
Athens is under pressure from foreign lenders to restart a reform programme delayed by uncertainty during its elections. But Greeks have become increasingly radicalised after five years of recession and austerity that have left many facing poverty and unemployment.
At the weekend, the new government said it would seek to freeze public sector layoffs, reverse cuts in pensions, reduce taxes and extend help to the rising numbers of poor people. Athens has pledged to try to extend its financial support programme by two years to meet deficit reduction targets – goals bound to put it on a collision course with EU countries propping up the economy.
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 Sydney Morning Herald | Greece's New Leaders to Miss Crucial Meeting New York Times Both the newly installed prime minister, Antonis Samaras, and his nominee for finance minister, Vassilis Rapanos, have been hospitalized since Friday. Greece's Auditors Postpone Athens Visit Greek PM to miss EU summit, "troika" postpones trip Greece outlines bailout revisions ahead of talks |
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Sydney Morning Herald | Greece's Auditors Postpone Athens Visit Wall Street Journal Greece's international auditors were forced to put off a visit to Athens as health problems sidelined both the nation's new prime minister and finance minister, just ... Greek PM to miss EU summit, "troika" postpones trip Greece outlines bailout revisions ahead of talks Greece outlines issues to be renegotiated |
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Newly-elected Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will not attend next week's EU summit as he is recovering from serious eye surgery, the government spokesman said on Sunday.
Greece will be represented at the June 28-29 summit by Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, who will be accompanied by acting Finance Minister George Zannias, spokesman Simos Kedikogkou told reporters.
Kedikoglou said Samaras' surgeon had "strictly forbidden" a voyage.
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Greece's new Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will not be well enough to travel to a critical European Union summit in Brussels after undergoing an eye operation.
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 The Guardian | Greek prime minister cannot attend EU summit due to eye surgery, will send ... Washington Post ATHENS, Greece — Greece's new Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will not be well enough to travel to a critical European Union summit in Brussels after undergoing an eye operation, the government said Sunday. Samaras, 61, underwent surgery for a detached ... Greek PM cannot attend EU summit due to surgery Greek PM and finance minister to miss key EU summit due to health problems Greek PM Samaras to miss EU summit following surgery |
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Foreign minister and outgoing finance minister will instead attend talks where Greece will ask for austerity concessions
The new Greek prime minister, Antonis Samaras, who underwent eye surgery on Saturday, will not attend a key summit of EU leaders this week, when Athens will seek to ease the punishing terms of its international bailout.
The incoming finance minister Vassilis Rapanos will also miss the summit having been rushed to hospital on Friday before he could be sworn in, complaining of nausea, intense abdominal pains and dizziness. He remains in hospital.
Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said Greece would be represented at the EU summit by foreign minister Dimitris Avramopoulos and outgoing finance minister George Zanias.
Samaras underwent successful surgery to repair a damaged retina and Kedikoglou said he would leave hospital on Monday. "The orders of his doctor are for him not to travel and to stay at home for a few days," he said. The hospital said his condition was "good and improving."
A government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said inspectors from Greece's "troika" of lenders – the EU, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund – were considering postponing "for a few days" a visit to Athens that was due to start on Monday.
They are expected to review the state of play in the implementation of reforms sought by Greece's lenders, given the time lost to two elections since early May.
Samaras's conservative New Democracy narrowly won the 17 June election that saw the radical leftist Syriza bloc surge into second place on a promise to tear up the terms of Greece's €130bn bailout, potentially forcing Greece out of Europe's single currency.
A coalition government of New Democracy, socialist Pasok and the small Democratic Left was sworn in on Thursday. It said it would renegotiate the painful terms of the bailout, which is keeping Greece from bankruptcy but at the cost of harsh economic suffering.
Under a coalition programme seen by Reuters on Saturday, the government will seek tax cuts, extra help for the poor and unemployed, a freeze on public sector lay-offs and more time to cut its deficit, responding to pressure from a society facing its fifth year of recession.
The programme is likely to run into strong opposition from Greece's eurozone partners, notably paymaster Germany, who have offered adjustments but no radical rewrite of conditions.
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 Globe and Mail | Greek PM, incoming finmin to miss EU summit Reuters * PM Samaras recovering from eye surgery * Incoming finance minister also in hospital * Inspectors from 'troika' of lenders may postpone visit -source By Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS, June 24 (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, who underwent ... Greece PM Samaras to miss EU summit following surgery Greek PM to miss EU summit after eye surgery: Government Greek PM, incoming finance minister to miss EU summit |
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