'Greece has a government'
June 20, 2012
Greece's coalition parties on Wednesday said they had reached an agreement after three days of talks to form a government.
"We have a government," Pasok chief Evangelos Venizelos told reporters Wednesday afternoon.
The makeup of the cabinet remained unclear, though New Democracy chief Antonis Samaras was expected to be sworn in as prime minister later in the day. His party was the biggest winner in parliamentary elections on Sunday.
Democratic Left leader Kouvelis Fotis said his party would support the new government in the parliament. He said the details were still in the works.
"I believe that by tonight the political platform will be completed," he said.
Wednesday is the deadline for Samaras to form a government. President Karolos Papoulias had given him three days to complete the task. He is scheduled to meet with the president within hours to inform him of the result.
The new government is expected to try to renegotiate the terms of Greece's EU-IMF bailout.
ncy/ccp (Reuters, AFP, AP)