Growing coalition jitters about vote on new measures

The deepening concern within SYRIZA and the government about how to manage the impact of a potential deal with Greece's lenders became evident on Monday when Interior Minister Panos Skourletis suggested the coalition should seek the support of an enhanced parliamentary majority for any agreement.

"There is a need for the additional measures to be voted for by a wide majority in Parliament," Skourletis told Real FM. "I don't know if that will be 180 MPs, more or less."

Skourletis added that he was expressing a personal view, which is what government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos stressed in a press briefing afterward.

Tzanakopoulos also noted that the government has a three-seat majority in Parliament and, as such, does not need the support of any other parties. He said, though, that the coalition would invite opposition groups to back the measures once...