Greeks strongly agree with government’s hard line in EU fight

The Greek government is heading into a tough financial negotiation with European Union partners with overwhelming support at home for its positions, a poll showed on Tuesday.

An ALCO survey of 821 people across Greece found 75 per cent support for the government’s negotiating stance and 67 per cent for its overall policies as laid out this week in parliament.

The strength of the count may help leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis argue that they have to fulfil a mandate to end austerity and ditch an EU/International Monetary Fund bailout.

Varoufakis meets fellow eurozone finance ministers on Wednesday and Tsipras attends a leaders’ summit on Thursday.

A pro-government rally has been organised for Wednesday at Syntagma Square and other cities across the country.

Source: Reuters, Kathimerini