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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras attends a cabinet meeting at the parliament building in Athens, February 21, 2015. Tsipras declared victory on Saturday after agreeing a last-minute conditional financial rescue deal with Europe, despite making big concessions to avert financial collapse within days. REUTERS/Kostas Tsironis Reuters/Kostas Tsironis

The current Greek government is a coalition of the Syriza and the Independent Greeks parties. A new report suggests the cohesion of the coalition partners may be tested by the commitments the government may need to agree to in the new bailout package.

The party came to power by promising to renegotiate the austerity measures that came along with the bailout package for the country. According to a report by Fortune, the head of European sovereign ratings at Standard & Poor’s Moritz Kramer has said the relationship among the coalition partners may start to become “more brittle.”

Kramer believes the commitments the Greek government has to finalise with its creditors by April may be the factor that will test the coalition. The two parties in the coalition are said to have little in common, except their opposition to the austerity measures in the current bailout package.

Prime Minister Alexis will have to introduce bills in the parliament in April, according to Kramer. Getting the coalition partners to agree on the bills is expected to be a “difficult balancing act” for the Prime Minister.

The report also suggests the Prime Minister may find it difficult to get his own party members to agree on some of the important issues. The report also points out the name of his party, Syriza, literally translates as “Coalition of the Radical Left.”

The Eurogroup has discussed a list of reform measures that were presented by the Greek authorities. According to a press release by the European Union, the creditors will review the reform measures and specify the list of measures to be undertaken by the country by April. The Eurogroup has called on Greece to “further develop and broaden the list of reform measures.” This is expected to conclude the review process quickly and successfully.

Tax receipts are already said to be falling behind schedule in Greece and the challenge for the government may come in the form of banks being unable to meet the demands for withdrawals. The Greek government is apparently trying to bring down tax evasion by the rich and taking other measures to increase government revenue.

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