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Athens News Agency: News in English, 05-07-26
CONTENTS
[01] Discussion on draft labour bill begins at first Parliamentary
Recess Committee
[01] Discussion on draft labour bill begins at first Parliamentary
Recess Committee
The discussion, in principle, on the labour draft bill began at the
first Parliamentary Recess Committee on Tuesday amid reaction from
opposition parties and labour unions.
The main argument voiced by deputies of the ruling New Democracy party
was the need for "bold steps" to boost employment, adding that
arrangements made in the year 2000, by the previous government, did
not produce the results that had been expected.
Employment Minister Panos Panayiotopoulos, participating in the
discussion, accused the main opposition PASOK party of "disinformation
and deliberate distortion of the content of arrangements included in
the bill."
ND rapporteur Athanassios Bouras said on his part that "the government
is proceeding with bold, calculated and determined steps with reforms
for a better tomorrow and not simply to preserve the achievements of
yesterday."
PASOK party leader George Papandreou is expected to address Parliament
on current labour issues on Wednesday.
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