EUROZONE-GREECE/PARLIAMENT ARRIVALS Greece's government must not collapse - Syriza party spokesman

Record ID: 147024

  • Title: EUROZONE-GREECE/PARLIAMENT ARRIVALS Greece's government must not collapse - Syriza party spokesman
  • Date: 14th July 2015
  • Summary: ATHENS, GREECE (JULY 14, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF GREEK PARLIAMENT CAMERAS OUTSIDE SYRIZA PARTY SOLIDARITY MINISTER, THEANO FOTIOU, ARRIVING INDEPENDENT GREEK PARTY SPOKESWOMAN, MARINA CHRISOVELONI, STANDING NEXT TO CAR CHRISOVELONI ENTERING PARLIAMENT SYRIZA PARTY SPOKESMAN, NIKOS FILIS, ARRIVING JOURNALISTS SURROUNDING FILIS (SOUNDBITE) (Greek) SYRIZA PARTY P
  • Embargoed: 29th July 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Greece
  • Country: Greece
  • Topics: General
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  • Story Text: A spokesman for Greece's ruling Syriza party said on Tuesday (July 14) that the country's government cannot be allowed to collapse in the face of dissent over the terms of a new bailout.
    Nikos Filis made the comment as the country's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attempted to save his majority from discontent building on the left.
    "We're running ahead of ourselves. We'll see how everything goes. I repeat that what's important today is that the government gives an answer to the coup and that the country's saved from the attempt to bankrupt it economically," he told reporters as he arrived at parliament.
    "I think that sometimes, willingly or unwilling, we can also contribute to (undermining the government). The left government must not collapse. We must not have a left-wing parenthesis caused by people on the left."
    Syriza's junior coalition partner has pledged to continue support for the government but indicated it would only vote for bailout measures agreed before last weekend's summit in Brussels.
    Panos Kammenos, head of the right-wing Independent Greeks said his party would remain in coalition with Tsipras but would only vote for measures agreed at a meeting of leaders from all the main Greek parties before the summit.
    The Deputy State Minister, Terence Quick, echoed those sentiments as he arrived at parliament.
    "The Independent Greeks did what they had to do. I am certain they will support the country. It's clear, based on what our president Panos Kammenos said, that these measures are inconceivable, but let's see what we'll discuss shortly. I wouldn't like to make predictions about the vote of conscience of my colleagues," he said.
    The reforms-for-cash package, which is also opposed by leftists in Tsipras' own party, is due to come before parliament on Wednesday (July 15), where it is expected to pass with the support of pro-European opposition parties.
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