Greek Minimum Wage

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said the talks had shown elections could bring change to Europe. He insisted he had averted "recessionary measures" and said the government still hoped to raise the minimum wage and rehire some public sector workers.

New Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday promised to implement his election pledge to raise the minimum wage from 580 euros ($657) to 750 euros by 2016.

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said the talks had shown elections could bring change to Europe. He insisted he had averted "recessionary measures" and said the government still hoped to raise the minimum wage and rehire some public sector workers.

New Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday promised to implement his election pledge to raise the minimum wage from 580 euros ($657) to 750 euros by 2016.