Even though Samaras compromised a bit on the issue of the ERT -by agreeing to the hiring of as many as 2,000 of the 2,656 employees- Kouvelis and his DIMAR party twisted everything around and demanded for a return to the sinful status of ERT.
Samaras now has a small majority in parliament, but he is determined to push ahead. In fact he made it clear that the government is planning to continue on the road of responsibility, even though it is going to be tougher to pass unpopular reforms demanded by foreign lenders and emboldening the hard left opposition now that DIMAR has left.
Samaras’s conservative New Democracy party and PASOK now command 153 deputies in the 300-seat parliament, so they can muddle through for a while without the DIMAR, it is believed that they will not last for long because sooner or later the horse-trading will begin.
So what is next?
Well, PASOK is now expected to get a bigger role in the government and its deputies will probably fill new ministerial positions as part of a rumored reshuffle.
Coincidentally the Wall Street Journal said on Friday that the only thing that appears certain is that PASOK's role in the government is going to increase.
"There is a widespread expectation that Mr. Venizelos, the socialist party chief, will be appointed as foreign minister in a future cabinet and may take on the title of deputy prime minister. Wall Street Journal
(Editor's Note - Ζητω που καηκαμε.)
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