Subject: Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-05-25 From: "HR-Net News Distribution Manager" CONTENTS [01] We are working properly to reach a fair and realistic agreement, parliament president Voutsis says [02] Justice Minister Kontonis to meet President of the European Court of Human Rights Raimondi --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [01] We are working properly to reach a fair and realistic agreement, parliament president Voutsis says "The circles around the German Finance Minister wanted to impose a dishonest and deadlock compromise. We are working properly to reach a fair and realistic agreement. We can reasonably have expectations, because it seems that there is no reason to continue imposing this deadlock policy," Parliament President Nikos Voutsis said in a SYRIZA event on Thursday. The review of the second programme of the third memorandum is a harsh agreement that has room for improvement provided that the issue of debt is included. Otherwise we cannot speak of an agreement. This will give Greece the opportunity to participate in ECB quantitative easing programme and carry out investment plans, he added. According to Voutsis, we can hope that Greece will exit the memoranda, and there will be political and international guarantees so that labour relations are restored. Moreover, he said that the climate in Europe has changed and countries have started to cooperate as it is the case with the countries of the European South. [02] Justice Minister Kontonis to meet President of the European Court of Human Rights Raimondi Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis will have a meeting with the President of the European Court of Human Rights Guido Raimondi on Thursday. Kontonis, together with the Secretary General for Transparency and Human Rights of the Ministry, Maria Giannakaki, will accompany Raimondi to the meetings with the President of the Parliament at 11:00 and the President of the Republic at 13:30.