Government faces uphill climb to implement pledges

Greece's latest fiscal and reform pledges may be enough to convince international lenders to keep the country hooked to a 130 billion euro lifeline, but the battle to implement it will be epic.

Few question the new coalition government's resolve, but many doubt whether the public sector can or will implement the measures or whether the people, reeling from years of austerity, can take much more without putting up a fight.

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Greece's new pledges will take epic battle to implement

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