Reporting from Athens
The European Commission does not object to the overhaul of EU-subsidised employment programmes currently implemented by the Greek government. "Changes within the remit of the relevant EU rules and within the competence of the respective member state are possible,“ Christian Wigand, the Commission's spokesperson for employment and social affairs, wrote to Europolitics . The Greek Deputy Minister of Labour, Rania Antonopoulou, has recently cancelled a voucher programme for 16,220 unemployed persons already selected, arguing that it was…