FINANCE | 20.06.2011 New Greek finance minister 'confident' despite EU and IMF pressure Venizelos has been tasked with fighting Greek debt The Greek finance minister is confident the parliament in Athens will give the green light to fresh austerity measures, after eurozone finance ministers made this a condition for the release of further bailout funds. Newly appointed Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos continued a meeting with his eurozone counterparts in Luxembourg on Monday, saying he is confident that his country's parliament will approve austerity measures needed to gain access to funds from a bailout package. Venizelos declared, "We can achieve our targets." The Socialist government holds the slight majority of 155 seats in the 300-seat parliament, which is to hold a vote on the austerity measures on June 28. But international lenders are increasingly apprehensive about Greece's chances of pushing through the prescribed changes, and pressur...
