Greek political leaders struck an agreement on a governing coalition that will seek relief from austerity measures tied to emergency loans, with New Democracy head Antonis Samaras set to be the prime minister.
New Democracy, which won a June 17 election with almost 30 percent of the vote, will join forces with the socialist Pasok party, which finished third, and the sixth-place Democratic Left. They will hold 179 seats in the 300-member parliament.
"Greece has a government," Pasok leader Evangelos Venizelos told reporters today in Athens. President Karolos Papoulias will probably swear in Samaras after the two meet at 4 p.m. local time, said an official with New Democracy who declined to be named.
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