Opposition against privatisations in Greek bailout deal

Greece’s prime minister has been briefing his party’s lawmakers on pledges made to European creditors to win a four-month extension of the country’s bailout, amid simmering discontent with what some see as a capitulation.

Greece cleared a major hurdle yesterday after the finance ministers of the other eurozone countries approved a list of Greek policy goals, including pledges to fight corruption, and granted the four-month extension.