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After Merkel, Samaras faces immediate challenges on domestic front
![Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2013/11/26/samaras_1000_myrto_2611-large.jpg "Photo by Myrto Papadopoulos [www.myrtopapadopoulos.com]")
After the relative relief provided by his visit to Germany to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday, Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is back in the thick of things in Greece, where his government has to meet a series of challenges before the beginning of 2014 when the country takes over the European Union’s six-month rotating presidency.
Samaras’s visit to Germany more or less served its purpose, which was to give Merkel an opportunity to prove that there is still support for the current government in Athens and to allow Samaras to convince an international audience that his government ...
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