Tsipras fights back

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The Greek PM, Alexis Tsipras, announced the bills that will be passed next week, to deal we a series of problems as promised to the Greek people before the elections.

From enikos.gr:

A bill to combat the "humanitarian crisis" born of austerity. It will provide for free electricity and food to 300,000 housdeholds, subsidized housing to 30,000 and measures to limit evictions. A debt relief bill for individuals and corporations owing back taxes and social security contributions. It will include more lenient payment terms and no arrest or jailing for those owing less than €50,000. But it will also facilitate action on tax dodgers on the basis of Financial Police inspections and debt assessments that must become immediately collectible by local tax offices. A bill protecting main residences worth up to €300,000 from foreclosure and auctioning off. State TV ERT, shut down by the previous government in June 2013 in favor of a leaner state broadcaster, will reopen but on a "financially sound" basis and "no reprisals" against those working in the present state broadcaster. The Parliament will form a committee to investigate how Greece was forced into a bailout deal. Tsipras also defended the decision by energy minister Panagiotis Lafazanis to revoke certain licenses of the gold mining operation at Skouries, northern Greece, saying that Greece put environment and the public interest above corporate interests. http://en.enikos.gr/politics/24816,The_new_governments_first_legislative_a.html

Meanwhile, according to a new poll by Metron Analysis for the newspaper Parapolitika, the leading party of the government coalition, SYRIZA, collects 42.1% of the votes, while the New Democracy conservatives dropped at 18.3%.

Alexis Tsipras is considered more suitable for the position of the prime minister with the impressive percentage 55%, against Antonis Samaras with just 13%.

Finally, 68% is satisfied with the way that the government is negotiating against 23%, while 76% considers government's course as positive against 18%.

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