Maximos Mansion is optimistic about the passing of the measures but troubled about the next day

Although Maximos Mansion appears certain that the measures will pass the critical vote next Wednesday, it is watching with concern the intraparty shocks in the government partners that are also reflected abroad.

 

It is certain that partners and lenders would prefer the measures to be passed by a solid majority in parliament to guarantee their application in the future. What is not clear is whether the crack in the government's cohesion will affect decisions regarding the disbursement of the tranche a possibility that Maximos Mansion does not want to think about. The government headquarters said with certainty that despite the refusal of DIMAR the measures will pass with the majority of ND and PASOK. They add that on Sunday, November 11, just one day before the crucial Eurogroup meeting, all three coalition parties will vote for the budget that traditionally has the character of a confidence vote. The negative impressions about DIMAR due to its rejection of the labour package will decrease outside the country as well by its vote on the budget.

 

The government team seems certain about the stance of the ND members. "The parliamentary group is compact," they repeatedly say. Apart from secretary of the parliamentary group Thanassis Bouras, party secretary Manolis Kefaloyiannis, State minister Dimitris Stamatis and director of the prime minister Kostas Bouras are out on a hunt for disaffected MPs. Over the next few days there will be a meeting of the party's parliamentary group. Samaras will raise the dilemma "we either vote in favour of the package so that the country will get the money and be able to hope to stay in the European Union and receive additional support from our partners, or the package is not passed and the country is delivered to anarchy and chaos."

 

The voting on the measures will be followed by a different day for the country and the ruling coalition. Everyone recognizes that this government cannot go far. However, these developments will be determined mainly by Brussels and Berlin. If they support the plan for the rescue of the country with a full disbursement of the tranche and additional aid for the recovery of the real economy, they will give a vote of confidence to Samaras to move towards a resetting of the political stage. If not, then they will give space for maneuvers to the opposition parties. In the positive scenario Samaras will have the initiative to seek a new legitimacy through elections and a new coalition with forces from the wider Center-Left "who dare to save the country" as he has stated.