Subject: Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-06-11 From: "HR-Net News Distribution Manager" CONTENTS [01] ND's Voridis accuses Tsipras of being the best friend of the creditors [02] Italy's former PM D'Alema stresses need for dialogue between Euro-socialists and SYRIZA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [01] ND's Voridis accuses Tsipras of being the best friend of the creditors The government will accept everything without any conditions, not even the participation in the ECB's quantitative easing programme, main opposition New Democracy (ND) shadow Interior Minister Makis Voridis said on Sunday in an interview with the Athens Macedonian News Agency. Voridis leveled against the prime minister and his statement that the measures will not be implemented if there is no debt relief because, as he said, the implementation of the measures starts in 2019 when SYRIZA will not be government. He described the prime minister as the "best friend of the creditors who implements all these measures that the previous prime ministers had rejected." Asked about Greece's prospects to tap the markets in 2018, Voridis said that the present conditions make it impossible and the prospects are ominous. [02] Italy's former PM D'Alema stresses need for dialogue between Euro-socialists and SYRIZA Italy's former Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema in an interview with the Sunday newspaper "Nea Selida" stressed the need for unity between the leftists and the socialists in Greece in order to prevent the return of the right party in the government. "I believe that a dialogue and a positive relationship between the Euro-socialists and SYRIZA must be encouraged through the adoption of a more open attitude towards the Greek Socialists. Because I believe that the unity of the Left in Greece is important in order to avoid the return of the conservative Right to the country's governance," he stressed.