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This Wednesday the Greek parliament is set to vote on the 13.5 billion euro austerity plan presented by conservative Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. Acceptance of the plan is a condition for the handover of a fresh tranche of international aid worth €31.5 billion. PASOK (socialist) and the Democratic Left, which are members of the ruling coalition, are very divided on the issue, but the plan is expected to secure the support of a majority.

Time for decisions – I Kathimerini

The Spanish constitutional court has rejected an appeal filed by the ruling right-wing People’s Party against the law which allows homosexual couples to marry. Eight magistrates voted in favour of the text adopted in 2005 under the government of José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero. Three voted against. The decision, described by the daily as “historic”, will confirm the legality of 22,000 marriages of this kind which have been celebrated over the last 7 years.

Gay marriage is constitutional – El País

Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar has admitted that it will take "decades" to bring debt below 60% of GDP, which is the limit set by EU treaties, while an economist quoted by the daily believes it take will “24 years”. For this to happen austerity policies will have to maintained beyond 2014 and the economy will have to grow by around 2 % per year.

Only in 2036 will debt decline to 60% of GDP – Diário de Notícias

oday Petr Nečas’ government is expected to survive a vote of no confidence in the Czech parliament. The six rebel MPs in his right-wing ODS party, whose support was necessary to sustain the government’s majority, have agreed to abstain or to give up their mandates which will result in the immediate transfer of their voting rights to their replacements. After the vote, the government will push ahead with plans to raise VAT, introduce pension reforms that were blocked by President Václav Klaus, and relaunch an initiative to restore property to churches which has been blocked by the senate.

Government to survive. But what is offered in exchange? – Lidové noviny

The German Minister for Finance appears to be so preoccupied by the euro crisis that he is barely present in the debates on Germany’s domestic finances and budget. His absence has been increasingly criticised at a time when the five “sages of the economy” who advise the government have called for “much greater ambition” in the drive to control costs.

Where is Schäuble? – Handelsblatt

Three party leaders — Social Democratic Party chief Algirdas Butkevičius, Order and Justice leader Rolandas Paksas, and the head of Labour Viktor Uspaskich — have signed an agreement to form a left-wing government. However, President Dalia Grybauskaitė announced that she would await the verdict of the country’s constitutional court on the left-wing parties’ victory in October elections, which were marred by many incidents of fraud.

Unprecedented political intrigue in Lithuania – Lietuvos Rytas

Backed by a solid majority in the country's electoral college, 303 votes to 206, Democrat Barack Obama has defeated the Republican Party’s Mitt Romney to be re-elected President of the United States. There has been virtually no change in the US Congress: the House of Representatives remains under Republican control, while the Democrats have preserved their majority in the Senate.

YES! – Libération