Greece: ERT Layoffs, Troika Not Convinced

Kathimerini

Protothema (Greek)

EU denies Troika ultimatum

Dismissals not recognised (not permanent)

2000 staff to be put on temporary contracts (EnetEnglish)

Reuters

Greek government unlikely to meet Troika demands?

"There is no chance that we will satisfy the current demands as they are set out," a senior Finance Ministry official said (Reuters).

Update (Kathimerini, in Greek), 4 July 2013

From the English edition:

"Negotiations between Mitsotakis and international officials earlier on Thursday had reportedly failed to break the deadlock.

Athens has already missed a June deadline to put 12,500 state workers into a so-called “mobility scheme,” under which they are transferred or laid off within a year.

Another thorn in the negotiations is that troika inspectors refuse to recognize the 2,600 sackings at public broadcaster ERT as permanent dismissals.

Until they are given detailed plans of how the new broadcaster will operate and how many employees it will take on, the officials will reportedly not accept that the government has carried out any firings".

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