ΑΡΧΕΙΟ.Reuters.2012 Η κυβέρνηση Σαμαρά πουλάει ΟΠΑΠ, μια απο τις πιο κερδοφόρες επιχειρήσεις στην Ευρώπη.

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Τετάρτη, 12 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012

 

Reuters. Η κυβέρνηση Σαμαρά πουλάει μια απο τις πιο κερδοφόρες επιχειρήσεις στην Ευρώπη.

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Greece revs up privatisation drive to sway troika

ATHENS | Wed Sep 12, 2012

(Reuters) - Greece kickstarted a stalled privatisation drive on Wednesday to appease international lenders, saying it would start the sale of 29 percent of one of its most profitable companies - gambling monopoly OPAP - next week.

 Αθήνα,Τετάρτη 12 Σεπτεμβρίου,2012

(Reuters) – Η Ελλάδα ξεκίνησε μια καθυστερημένη κίνηση ιδιωτικοποίησης την Τετάρτη για να κατευνάσει τους διεθνείς δανειστές, λέγοντας ότι θα ξεκινήσει την πώληση του 29 τοις εκατό σε μία από τις πιο κερδοφόρες επιχειρήσεις της – το μονοπώλιο τυχερών παιχνιδιών ΟΠΑΠ - την επόμενη εβδομάδα.

 

Οι επιθεωρητές από την τρόικα της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής, της Ευρωπαϊκής Κεντρικής Τράπεζας και του Διεθνούς Νομισματικού Ταμείου  είναι στην Αθήνα για μια επίσκεψη που θα καθορίσει εάν η χώρα πάρει την κρίσιμη περαιτέρω ενίσχυση στο πλαίσιο του τελευταίου προγράμματος διάσωσης.

Οι συνομιλίες με την ελληνική κυβέρνηση έχουν βρεί ήδη εμπόδια,από την Κυριακή που επαναλήφθηκαν.

 

Το Κράτος κατέχει το 34% των μετοχών του ΟΠΑΠ,μία από τις μεγαλύτερες εισηγμένες εταιρείες τυχερών παιχνιδιών στην Ευρώπη.

 

Η κυβέρνηση του πρωθυπουργου Αντώνη Σαμαρά στο παρελθόν είχει υπαινιχθεί ότι έβλεπε μία πώληση του ΟΠΑΠ το φθινόπωρο,ως μία "γρήγορη νίκη" στο μέτωπο των ιδιωτικοποιήσεων,ώστε να δείξει στους δανειστές ότι είναι σοβαρή ως προς την δέσμευσή της για μεταρρύθμιση.

 

 

 

 

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Their talks with the Greek government have already hit bumps since resuming on Sunday.

The state has a 34 percent stake in OPAP, one of Europe's biggest listed gambling firms.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras's government in the past has hinted it was eyeing an autumn sale of OPAP as a "quick win" on the privatisation front to show lenders it is serious about its commitment to reform.

Nevertheless, Samaras's government remains bogged down in difficult talks on a package of spending cuts worth nearly 12 billion euros (9.6 billion pounds) for the next two years, juggling conflicting demands from the troika to toughen up the package while coalition allies want it watered down to spare the poor.

After yet another fruitless meeting late on Wednesday to discuss the package, political party leaders left the prime minister's office saying more talks would take place and adding that public sector sackings were out of the question.

A senior Greek government official said talks with the troika had made progress during a latest round of talks on Wednesday, but did not provide any details. EU and IMF officials said the talks with Greece's finance minister were constructive.

"We had a good meeting," the IMF Greece mission chief, Poul Thomsen, told reporters as he left talks at the finance ministry.

But Greek officials admit the talks are difficult and the troika is not convinced by the proposed cuts.

TOUGHER CUTS NEEDED

So far the inspectors, who are demanding tougher action to cut a bloated public sector workforce, have approved measures worth 7.5 billion euros and have either rejected or demanded additional detail on the rest, another government official said.

"Their main objections have to do with plans to merge organisations - they are wondering how this will yield results if there are no layoffs," the official said.

Earlier this week, a Reuters report on the Greek agency ODDY - which is beset by red tape and employs dozens despite its supposed abolition - highlighted Greece's inability to streamline its public sector despite legislating cuts to shut or merge entities.

At the same time, Samaras faces the added challenge of persuading his Socialist and leftist allies to back the package of reviled measures ranging from cutting spending on healthcare to slashing wages and pensions.

The two junior partners in Samaras's coalition - Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos and Democratic Left chief Fotis Kouvelis - have both made increasingly defiant demands to soften the package to spare low-income earners and civil servants.

The two leaders held another, two-hour round of talks with Samaras on Wednesday in a bid to seal agreement on the cuts but made little progress.

"The troika must understand that no measure can be imposed on a society which is disintegrating," Kouvelis told reporters after the meeting.

Greece is struggling through its worst post-war recession that has left one in four jobless, driven up poverty levels and suicides and brought thousands out on the streets to protest.

Elementary school teachers and local government officials marched in Athens on Wednesday after walking off the job, one of a series of work stoppages planned by unions in the coming days to try to force Samaras's government to row back on the cuts.