Papandreou Greek Government Wrangling Drags Into Third Day

Prime Minister George Papandreou’s talks on forming a Greek interim government to avert the economy’s collapse dragged into a third day as a near-accord with the opposition stalled on European Union demands for written commitments.

The Greek interim government is to be announced today, NET TV reported, without saying how it got the information. Former central banker Lucas Papademos seemed poised to lead the new government as of late yesterday, according to reports from state-run NET TV and To Vima newspaper. To Vima said today, without citing anyone, that Vassilios Skouris, president of the European Court of Justice, may be given the prime ministerial post in place of Papademos.