1.   These reforms had envisaged reorienting the ten-year basic education programme away from its highly academic content, towards more practical and vocational aspects.

2.   The housing and utilities reform envisages a gradual increase of traditionally low prices for housing and utilities in order to slash giant state subsidies.

3.   The potentially controversial housing and utilities reform envisages a gradual increase of traditionally low prices for housing and utilities in order to slash giant state subsidies to the sector.

4.   The reform envisages a breakup of UES into separate generating and marketing units and abolishing state control of electricity prices.

5.   In addition the reforms envisage setting up a second chamber of parliament with two thirds of its members elected indirectly and one third designated by the head of state.