Greek coalition government withstands no-confidence motion vote

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - On Sunday night the Greek coalition government survived a no-confidence vote filed by the main opposition party Syriza on Thursday. Nevertheless, the three-day debate was used by the political rival to criticize the government's policies. The coalition also saw its majority in Parliament reduced after as one of its legislators supported the motion and was immediately ejected from her party.

Leftist Syriza party submitted the no-confidence motion to demonstrate their opposition to the harsh austerity measures, imposed under the bailout program and also to protest against the police raid on Greek public broadcaster ERT last Thursday. ERT journalists and technicians had been occupying the building since June, when the broadcaster was closed down, and the 2,700 workers dismissed.

Speaking at parliament before the vote, Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras said that the reforms implemented by the government so far resulted in a deep recession in the country and pushed up unemployment even higher. He accused the government of being “under foreign control.”

The debate took place in the midst of the Greek government's negotiations with the Troika international lenders, who arrived in Athens last week and will decide whether to release the next 5.9 billion euro tranche of aid for the indebted country.

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