Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras leaves a European Union leaders summit in Brussels February 20, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's parliament on Saturday approved a bill providing health insurance to vulnerable citizens and offering municipality jobs for the unemployed as the left-led government tries to mitigate the impact of bailout austerity measures on the poor.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who made a U-turn on promises to end austerity and was forced to sign up to a new bailout last summer, was re-elected in September on pledges to implement the EU/IMF prescribed reforms.
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