The government is satisfied since the civil mobilization and the political repression made GENOP-DEI unions to suspend the strike.

“The government has protected the public interest and prevented the blackouts that would have social and economic costs,” government officials said adding that privatization of PPC is a very serious issue and cannot be determined by unions,”. Also, government officials argued that society rewards the decisive character of the government and said that government would have political benefits.

However, apart from the government optimism, there are many members of both parties of the coalition government who believe that the privatization and authoritative imposition will have a political cost and reduce the social consensus that the government enjoy at the moment.

The government, though, is determined to pass all bills required by troika, such as the PPC bill, the seashore bill and the bill on forests. Also, Troika comes this week in our country and it will be assured that redundancies in the public sector will be completed and large-scale redundancies in private sector and property auctions will be possible as of September. The government is determined to proceed to all actions required by the lenders so as to overcome the assessment of September and start the debate on debt sustainability.