Officials probably worried that if they did not concede the point, the political-reform package might be rejected by Legco.

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The Eurogroup, headed by Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, asked the Greek political class to support the reform package accepted as a condition of the original EU-IMF bailout.

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At that time the IRA agreed to become involved in a disarmament process as part of an overall political package to restore the suspended powersharing executive and implement all aspects of the Good Friday Agreement including police reform and demilitarisation.

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