Last minute alterations made to declaration of priorities

The centre-left coalition government should approve its programme priorities at a special evening session of the Cabinet on Wednesday. A last minute rewrite of the document is taking place to include some of the points raised in a meeting with employers and trades unions on Tuesday. Radical changes from the existing coalition deal between the three parties are not expected. Some of the main themes of the programme are promises to boost the creation of new jobs, make the state apparatus more efficient, improve education, and foster social cohesion. Leaks of the programme suggest that the government will also pledge to meet all the conditions for adopting the single currency euro.

Author: Chris Johnstone