Greece’s parliament on Thursday was to approve a new round of austerity cuts, hoping to secure a pledge of debt relief and loan disbursements by the country’s EU-IMF creditors this month.
Leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has a slim majority in parliament sufficient to pass the bill in the vote expected around midnight.
Overall, the bill to be approved entails 4.9 billion euros ($5.4 billion) in cuts in 2018-2021.
In return, Greece will introduce poverty support measures — such as subsidies on rent and medicine — over the same period of time.
Hundreds of pensioners demonstrated Thursday in front of the parliament building shouting “Hands off Social Security!”
On Wednesday, at least 18,000 people demonstrated in Athens and Thessaloni…
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