Gov't submits multi-bill needed to secure next bailout tranche

A multi-bill bundling together a raft of reforms – including an overhaul of the tax system and a streamlining of the civil service – was submitted in Parliament on Tuesday for what promises to be a vehement debate ahead of a vote which must be held by July 19 and must be successful if Athens is to secure the release of the first sub-tranche of a 6.8-billion-euro installment of rescue funding approved by eurozone ministers on Monday.