The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) and the Greek Civil Servants’ Confederation (ADEDY) will hold a strike today,February 4 protesting against the government’s planned social security reforms.
European Central Bank lowered the borrowing ceiling for Greek banks through the Emergency Lending Assistance mechanism (ELA) by 300 million euros to 71.5 billion.
The government will implement the agreement it has achieved with its lenders while “maintaining strictly its red lines”, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday during a speech at a meeting of SYRIZA’s political secretariat.