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An analysis of recent developments in Greece by journalist Kostas Stoupas of capital.gr.

On Thursday night the Greek government submitted its new proposals to creditors, for the first time they do not provide for Greek debt haircut, express the will of Greece to stay in the euro zone and adopt the requirements for a 23% VAT rate on food.

Thousands of Athenians gathered in the central Syntagma Square to demonstrate their support for the pro-European future of Greece and its staying in the euro zone.

A close associate of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras suggests that private television stations should be controlled, accusing them of manipulating facts.

The help to Greece is no justification of the wrong economic philosophy, causing the crisis, as stated by European Council President Donald Tusk.

Stavros Theodorakis’ Potami party (The River) will take the place of Independent Greeks in the Greek government. Party spokesman Dimitris Tsiodras has denied the information.