22-05-2016 17:36 via salon.com

Greece passes omnibus reform bill to comply with bailout

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s parliament has passed an omnibus reform bill providing for tax hikes, more austerity reforms and a new privatization superfund, which will manage almost all state property.
There was one small dent in the left-led government majority of 153 lawmakers in the 300-member Parliament, with one Syriza party MP voting against the superfund and the contingency mechanism that will trigger automatic spending cuts if Greece fails to meet the targets of its bailout
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