Eighth austerity package (Greece)

Eighth austerity package - April/July 2013 measures
Coat of arms of Greece
Hellenic Republic
1. Urgent measures on the application of Laws 4046/2012,. 4093/2012 and 4127/2013
(Law 4152/2013)
2. Income taxation, urgent measures for the implementation of law 4046/2012, of law 4093/2012 and of law 4127/2013 and other provisions.
(Law 4172/2013)
Territorial extent Greece
Enacted by Hellenic Parliament
Date passed 28 April 2013 and 17 July 2013
Introduced by Government of Greece
Status: In force

The Eighth austerity package is part of the countermeasures of the Greek government to counter the Greek government-debt crisis. It includes two successive multi-bill with urgent measures so that Greece to receive the new instalment of the bailout package.

The multi-bill of April

The first multi-bill was approved by Greek parliament on 28 April 2013. 168 MPs voted for the bill, 128 voted against and 1 MPs abstained. The law provided mass layoff in the public sector, extension of the working hours for teachers and other provisions.[1] It also provided a new tax for immovable property that will be defined later.[2] The teachers reacted to the bill by declaring strikes. However, the government prohibited the right of strike, going ahead to the implementation of Civil mobilization.[3] With the mobilization of the teachers, the government completed four implementations of Civil mobilization during the last two years.

The multi-bill of June

On 17 July 2013, the evening before the arrival of German minister of finance Wolfgang Schäuble to a visit in Athens, the Greek Parliament approved an eighth austerity package to secure payment of its next €2.5 billion credit tranche. The package contains the layoff of another 15,000 public employees, among them high school teachers, school guards and municipal policemen.[4][5] After the withdrawal of Democratic Left (DIMAR) from the governing coalition in June, it was supported by only 153 of 300 deputies.[6] The next day, a general ban on demonstrations had been enacted and 4,000 police officers mobilized to avoid larger protests in the Greek capital during Schäuble's visit.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Greek parliament approves draconian civil service job cuts". Russia: RT. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ολόκληρο το πολυνομοσχέδιο - Τα 20 σημεία κλειδιά". tovima.gr. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Greece: Teachers Abandon Strike Plan". nytimes.com. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Greece approves scheme to fire thousands of public workers". reuters.com. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Greece Approves New Austerity Measures". nytimes.com. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Böcking, David (2014-07-18). "New Public Sector Cuts: Austerity as Usual in Greek Parliament". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
  7. ↑ Dreier, Christoph (2013-07-19). "Greek government bans demonstrations in central Athens". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved 2014-12-30.


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