New Greek PM faces long to-do list / Papademos embarks on 100-day mandate

Greece’s political leaders chose Lucas Papademos, a former vice-president of the European Central Bank, on the 10 November 2011 to head an interim government of national unity tasked with implementing a new international bail-out and taking the country to early elections.

The 64-year old technocrat emerged as a consensus candidate on the 10 November after four days of frantic politicking, in which half a dozen names were floated and rejected – including that of Mr Papademos himself.

Eleftherotypia, 11.11.11: Greece and Italy, two parallel destinies (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/1161301-greece-and-italy-two-parallel-destinies

Spiegel Online International, 10.11.11: Lucas Papademos Aims to Steer Greece out of Crisis http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,797067,00.html

European Commission: Memo/11/778: Message of congratulation from President Barroso to Mr Lukas Papademos, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/778&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

ESO: Background information: Deal on new Greek PM falls through http://www.europeansources.info/record/deal-on-new-greek-pm-falls-through/

BBC News, 11.11.11: Greece to swear in unity cabinet and new PM http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15691697

Deutsche Welle, 11.11.11: New Greek prime minister to roll out painful austerity measures http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15520769,00.html

France24, 11.11.11: Greece’s new prime minister to name crisis cabinet http://www.france24.com/en/20111111-greece-new-prime-minister-name-crisis-cabinet-papademos-eu-austerity

EUObserver, 11.11.11: ECB man to rule Greece for 15 weeks http://euobserver.com/19/114250

Kathimerini, 11.11.11: Interim cabinet, new PM to be sworn in today http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_27027_11/11/2011_414295

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