Last night, the Greek Parliament approved with comfortable majority (229 votes) some measures from the agreement sealed on Monday. The dissenting votes (64) came from the Golden Dawn party (Far-right), some members of the coalition party (Independent Greeks), and several members of Syriza (among those 32, who opposed, the President of Parliament) beyond 6 abstentions also from Members of this party. This malaise within Tsipras’ party was already evident by the fact that half of the members of the Central Committee of the Syriza have signed a motion condemning the agreement. Next Wednesday the Parliament of Athens will vote other measures provided by the recent agreement. If the fractured Syriza is not remedied it may rise questions regarding the stability of the Government. Now, the agreement will have to be voted in some countries such as Germany, Slovakia, Finland, the Netherlands and the Baltic countries. In the immediate, the European Commission proposed to grant a short-term loan to Greece of € 7,000 M. to meet repayments ahead especially the ECB. Today’s ECB meeting will be marked by the aftermath of the Greek Parliament vote. The ECB’s communication in relation to other topics should be quite similar compared to previous meetings. At the press conference, the Greek issue should be the focus of journalists. The possibility of increasing the line of liquidity to Greek banks, thus allowing the possibility of the ECB Treasury Greek issue short-term debt should also be questioned.
