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New Greek government sworn in, pledges to focus on reforms

Labor Minister George Katrougalos says the new administration elected Sunday has to focus on the reforms that were a key condition for the latest in a series of international bailouts keeping the country afloat.

By: AP

2 min readAthensSep 23, 2015 03:42 PM IST First published on: Sep 23, 2015 at 03:42 PM IST

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Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attends his cabinet’s swearing in ceremony at the presidential palace in Athens, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. Despite leftwing leader Alexis Tsipras’ policy U-turn, he was re-elected by a wide margin in last weekend’s general election, and again formed a coalition government with a small right-wing party, the Independent Greeks. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece’s new leftist-led coalition government has formally assumed its duties, pledging to enforce creditor-demanded spending cuts and reforms while softening the pain on an austerity-weary population.

Labor Minister George Katrougalos says the new administration elected Sunday has to focus on the reforms that were a key condition for the latest in a series of international bailouts keeping the country afloat.