German Fin Min Wolfgang Schaeuble expressed confidence that Greece will continue with its reform path, in spite of a cabinet reshuffle. Germany would offer further aid if needed, he added.

The deal with the troika of lenders and the government has closed, as Prime Minister Antonis Samaras stated from the Finance Ministry on Tuesday afternoon.

The Greek parliament will need, by May, to approve  dozens of measures to make its economy more competitive, as condition for receiving further funds from the troika with which it resumed bailout talks on Monday.