Troika Rejects Greek Proposals

Troika officials rejected some of the proposed measures to cut public sector expenses and wanted a bolder plan to reduce the number of civil servants, a senior Greek official said.

“They insist on rejecting the measures that concern the restructuring of the state,” the official said. “We insist that they accept them.”

Slashing public sector jobs is a highly sensitive subject in Greece, where the constitution bars firing civil servants.

Athens’ proposed austerity package includes a controversial plan for a “labor reserve” in which civil servants get reduced pay before being laid off, but the scheme only targets savings of 167 million euros over 2013 and 2014, a draft of the plan obtained by Reuters late last month showed.

via CNBC

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