Greeks Hit Blocks in Bid to Name Government

The Wall Street Journal

By COSTAS PARIS and ALKMAN GRANITSAS

ATHENS—Greek politicians hit new roadblocks in their race to name an interim administration, tempering optimism that the country's main parties would name a new government by Monday.

Opinion: A risky Greek gambit with few alternatives

From DW  World.DE

The Greek referendum on the EU bailout plan proposed by premier George Papandreou has stunned EU leaders and markets. But DW's Spiros Muskovou says Papandreou had few options left.

Greece Faces Grilling at G-20

Fears of Political Chaos Tank Global Markets as Europe's Bailout Plan Teeters

The Wall Street Journal

By MARCUS WALKER And ALKMAN GRANITSAS

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, fighting for political survival at home, faced a grilling from euro-zone leaders over his plan to put Greece's international bailout to a referendum.

Papandreou Support Falls to 2011 Low in Poll on Deeper Greek Budget Cuts

Bloomberg

Support for Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou’s ruling party sank to the lowest level this year after the government proposed a new property tax and cuts to pensions and wages, according to a Public Issue poll.

Papandreou’s Pasok party had 22.5 percent support, a drop of 5.5 percentage points from the month before and down from 38.5 percent in January, the poll, conducted for Kathimerini newspaper and SKAI TV,

Family Differences, Global Issues

By LANDON THOMAS Jr.

Published: July 12, 2011

The New York Times

ATHENS — In a sun-drenched room at the foundation here that is named for his father, Nick Papandreou pondered the task confronting his older brother, George: dismantling the Greek welfare state largely erected by their father, Andreas Papandreou.

\ “This is his moment,” Nick Papandreou, a 54-year-old Princeton-educated economist, said of George,Greece’s current prime minister. “Although it does happen to come at the worst time in Greek history.”