Tsipras gov't staking remaining political 'capital' on bid to avoid pending pension cuts

A controversial Cabinet reshuffle this week by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras offered only a brief distraction for his poll-trailing leftist-rightist coalition, as it faces a scheduled reduction in social security expenditures - as of Jan. 1, 2019 - which will slice monthly benefits for roughly 30 percent of all pensioners in the country.

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