Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem and Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis © epa .
Greece Friday put more focus on the relationship with the creditors. The Greeks do not want to cooperate with the troika, which consists of representatives from the European Union, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). That is a problem to solve the financial problems in the country.
The government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who since this week has to say in Greece, wants the conditions for repaying the loans eased. So want Tsipras stop cutting. He won the elections Sunday that promise, which makes Europe much unrest. The euro countries and the IMF, which provided emergency loans, ultimately want their money back. Although Greece Friday clearly did not wish to talk with the troika, the country will be in
Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem today went along in Athens to get acquainted with the new government. The Dutch finance minister reminded his Greek counterpart Yanis Varoufakis the agreements made about paying back the debt. Which remain some concerns Dijsselbloem just stand. Greece should, according to him not forget what has been achieved with the European aid and not negate the progress made. Incidentally, no knots chopped about modify or extend the support program of the other euro countries, the ECB and the IMF.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte and the Vice-President of the European Commission, Jyrki Katainen said that Greece must abide by the agreements. According Rutte, the Greeks stand on its own, but that can not be provisionally according to him without support from Europe.
It seems that Greece wants to bring calm everyone down with a charm offensive. Members of the government travel next week to include Cyprus, Italy, France and Britain to do unveil the new Greek policy.
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