Head of the Front for Change, Abdelmadjid Menasra, announced Friday, on a meeting of 20 political parties, at the headquarters of the Front for Justice and Development, headed by Abdallah Djaballah, to prepare a draft for a common ground that would determine how to deal with the new parliament, and the results of the elections as well.

Menasra added, at the opening of the works of the his party’s meeting, that the meeting will be dedicated to unifying visions and attitudes, and will be organized by the Front for Justice and Development, which is part of this new bloc, resulting from legislative elections that were described by the parties as forged, and aiming to Coordinate efforts ‭in the framework of a‭ common work including the‬ unification of their positions towards ‭the results of the elections.

Previously, these political parties held a meeting at the headquarters of the Algerian National Front, which brought together ten parties, announcing the boycott of the new parliament meetings, protesting against the results of the elections that were unfair, as they said following the disclosure of results by the Interior Minister.

Some of the 20 parties which will meet on Monday, Menasra stated, the Front for Change, the Front for Justice and Development, the Movement for Openness, the Party of the New Generation, Al Fadjr Party, Algeria Party, Party for Freedom and Justice and the Algerian National Front.

The spokesman expressed regret over the delay in the accreditation of new parties, and postponing the operation until the final days leading up to the elections, in order to deprive them of much time to prepare for the process and definition of their program, as asserted by Menasra, who believes that Algeria missed an opportunity to peaceful and democratic change, pointing out that the elections had been emptied from their content, and reforms were emptied from their reformist content.

Greek political parties have begun fresh talks on forming a coalition that supports a painful EU-IMF bailout, and so keep the debt-stricken country in the eurozone.

Talks on Sunday hosted by President Carolos Papoulias failed to get agreement, raising the prospect Greece must face new elections.

The May 6 elections left no party able to command a majority in parliament amid widespread anger at austerity measures agreed in return for the debt accord.

New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras told reporters ‘the country faces real and immediate problems. I will continue to struggle and try every way to find a solution.’

Also attending Monday’s meeting, as on Sunday, was socialist Pasok party leader Evangelos Venizelos and Democratic Left head Fotis Kouvelis who earlier said there was no chance of a deal if the radical left Syriza party stayed out.

Syriza came second in the May 6 polls to New Democracy, with Pasok in third place and the Democratic Left last. It has insisted it would not join any government prepared to implement the debt bailout’s austerity measures.

New Democracy, Pasok and the Democratic Left would control 168 seats out of the 300 in parliament if they could join forces.

The talks coincide with a eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels where officials insist that Greece must accept the bailout in full or face the consequences, a likely exit from the 17-nation currency bloc.

ATHENS, Greece, May 11 (UPI) — Greek political leaders failed to agree Friday on a unity government when a leftist party rejected a proposal to coalesce with three other parties.

Unless President Karolos Papoulias can broker a last-minute deal during the next few days, the country will be forced to conduct new elections next month, ekathimerini.com reported.

Greece still is struggling with a debt crisis that is threatening the eurozone.

Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left refused to agree to a enter a government that would include the Pasok, New Democracy and Democratic Left parties put forth by Pasok chief Evangelos Venizelos. He earlier reached agreement with New Democracy leader Antonis Samaras and Democratic Left head Fotis Kouvelis, who said he would agree only if the new administration included the Coalition of the Radical left as well as the New Democracy and Pasok.

Tsipras said he didn’t have enough guarantees that the unity government would stop implementing austerity measures as part of the bailout Greece agreed to with the European Union and International Monetary Fund, ekathimerini.com.

“I want to stress that the rejection of this offer is not being given by me or by [Coalition of the Radical Left] but by the Greek people and their vote on Sunday,” when parliamentary elections were held, Tsipras said.

His party wants to rewrite the loan agreement terms, despite insistence by the European Union and the IMF that only small changes can be made.

Tsipras also questioned whether the other parties willing to join the unity government also were committed to ditching measures such as canceling collective contracts, ending cuts to pensions and wages, going ahead with privatizations and public sector firings.

“They should give us clear answers to these key questions and forget public relations tricks,” he said. “They should forget these tricks before poverty, recession, unemployment, emergency taxes, closed businesses and sackings finish off the country and its people.”

Venizelos, who met with conservative Antonis Samaras, is the third leader to try to form a coalition since Sunday’s elections failed to produce any clear-cut winners.

Also Friday, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Greece’s future in the eurozone “lies in the hands of Greece.”

“We want to and we will help Greece, but Greece has to be ready to accept help,” Westerwelle told German lawmakers. “If Greece strays from the agreed reform path, then the payment of further aid tranches won’t be possible. Solidarity is not a one-way street.”

Greece is to approve budget cuts worth $18.8 billion next month in return for financial help from the European Union and International Monetary Fund worth about $310 billion.