The raucous four-hour debate in the Greek Parliament on Monday evening going into Tuesday morning made it clear that Greece wants an “honest” compromise with international creditors. Here are the key points of  Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ speech:

* an “honest compromise”, not an unconditional agreement
* to honor the February 20 agreement at Eurogroup, a “landmark deal”, that opens up the issue of debt restructuring
* an end to plundering the middle classes
* a tax clampdown (new law on unpaid taxes has already yielded 100 mln euros)
* he challenged the previous government over inaction on broadcast licenses
* he was critical of failure to properly investigate the Lagarde deal
* he wants the opposition parties to honor Greece’s ‘red line’ measures, that are:
– no VAT tax on food and medicine
– no liberalization of labor law
– no pension or wage cuts
– no third bailout