A week in and Greece's new leftist PM sticks to tough line, for now


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  • Sunday, 01 Feb 2015

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras waits for European Parliament President Martin Schulz outside the Greek Premier's office in Athens January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

ATHENS (Reuters) - While it sent conflicting messages, Greece's new left-wing government spent most of its first week signalling determination to take the hard-line, anti-bailout stance that international investors and European leaders had feared.

In fewer than seven days, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's administration in Athens has halted several planned privatisations, started debt relief talks, took European partners to task over Russian sanctions and held a tough line with the first euro zone official to visit the country after last Sunday's elections.

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