Four-month extension for Greeks – AD.nl

Four-month extension for Greeks – AD.nl

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24-2-15 – 15:53 ​​Source: Reuters It was thick in there, but the extension is final. © anp.

The support program for Greece will be extended by four months. Since the finance ministers of the euro nineteen countries (the Eurogroup) Tuesday agreed during a telephone conversation. The reform plans that Athens has submitted sufficient for an extension.

The Dutch government for 11.9 billion euros to Greece. That equates to more than 700 euros a Dutchman. © AFP.

Now start the procedures in the euro countries where parliament must agree to the extension. This is the case for the Netherlands and Germany. Especially in the latter there was a lot of suspicion about the extension of aid to Greece.

The signs were all favorable. The experts of the European Commission, in addition to the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank, part of the supervisors of the reforms and the program had already concluded that the Greek list ,, a good starting point ” is.

For the time being the parties out. © epa / afp.

instant cash
The euro countries invoke Tuesday issued a statement after the barely one-hour conference call Greece on the list go to work ,, in close collaboration with the institutions ”. In April,

there must be a definitive list are where all lenders agree. If there is and if Athens has complied with the agreement, it can count on financial support. So Greece will get this extension not instant money.

Greece received over the years billion aid and therefore needed to cut back in return and radically reform. This aid program would, after a first technical extension of two months, on 28 February to expire at midnight, and without an extension Greece would soon come into financial difficulties.

The new Greek government did not just ask for an extension and just wanted to stop the program and reverse cuts. The eurozone countries hammered, with Germany in the lead, the fulfillment of the agreements. Friday voted Eurogroup basically been to an extension, but only if Athens his reform plans would be put in black and white.

Now we must ensure that they get further away from the abyss.

Jeroen Dijsselbloem

Please Dijsselbloem
Eurogroup President and Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem is satisfied with the new agreements with Greece. The dangers of the Greek debt issue at this moment passed, Dijsselbloem agreed today on RTL Z

Dijsselbloem and the finance ministers of the nineteen euro countries were the Tuesday afternoon in 45 minutes once the new reform package of the new Greek government . ,, It is sufficient for serious negotiations to finalize that within four months, ” said the minister.

700 euros per Dutch
Or Netherlands borrowed money ever get back is not clear. The Dutch government has lent to Greece for 11.9 billion euros. That equates to more than 700 euros a Dutchman. This was reported by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) today.