The heads of three parties supporting
Greece's month-old coalition government are meeting to try and finalise a new round of austerity measures worth Euro 11.5 billion ($14.1 billion) demanded by international rescue creditors.
Conservative
Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met with leaders of the Socialist party and small Democratic Left party Wednesday to discuss the 2013-14 measures after five days of Cabinet-level talks failed to produce sufficient cuts.
Samaras won the June 17 election, promising to renegotiate bailout terms and ease austerity, but could be forced to slash public benefits further to help cover the Euro 11.5 billion budget shortfall.
Debt inspectors from the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund - known as the troika - are due to return to Athens next week.
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