PM calls meeting with close aides at Maximos Mansion; speculation that reshuffle is pending

Gazzetta team 16 Ιουλίου 2015 - 18:14

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday convened a meeting with close aides and senior ministers at the Maximos Mansion. According to analysts, a reshuffle may well be pending.

Among those at the prime minister's office are government Vice-President Yiannis Dragasakis, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, Minister of State Alekos Flambouraris, SYRIZA Parliamentary Group secretary Christos Mantas and the party's Parliamentary spokesman Nikos Filis.

The chances of at least a mini-reshuffle are almost certain, given that Nadia Valavani has already resigned as alternate finance minister, while Productive Reconstruction, Energy and Environment Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, Alternate Social Insurance Minister Dimitris Stratoulis and Alternate Defence Minister Kostas Isichos have all "rebelled" against the government line and voted 'no' to measures demanded by Greece's creditors for a new bailout to keep Greece's economy afloat. The time such an initiative might be announced has not yet been made specific.