**Fotis Kouvelis, Antonis Samaras and Evangelos Venizelos

“We agreed ... On the outline of the measures ... Details later.”**

After several days of tense negotiations, the three government coalition parties have agreed on a plan of savings amounting to €11.5 billion.

The leaders of Pasok (Socialist) and Democratic Left — Evangelos Venizelos and Fotis Kouvelis — withdrew opposition to measures including slashing wages and pensions. Greek PM Antonis Samaras can now conduct negotiations with the EU-ECB-IMF in order to relax the bailout conditions imposed on the country.

Receive the best of European journalism straight to your inbox every Thursday

We hope you enjoyed this article.

Would you consider supporting our work? Voxeurop depends entirely on subscriptions and donations from its readers.

Discover our offers from €6/month including subscribers-only benefits.
Subscribe

Or make a donation to bolster our independence.
Donate

Categories

Are you a news organisation, a business, an association or a foundation? Check out our bespoke editorial and translation services.

Support border-free European journalism

See our subscription offers, or donate to bolster our independence