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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