Demonstrators for the Greek parliament in Athens. Photo EPA / Orestis Panagiotou
Some 15,000 people are today the street in Athens went on to testify in advance of the meeting of the eurogroup tomorrow support the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The protesters expressed their dissatisfaction with banners on the cuts and the lenders of Greece, reports Associated Press. Also held in other places in Greece and that demonstrations are outside.
Tsipras had already compared the German magazine Stern know to face negotiations on the approach to the Greek debt problem with confidence . The prime minister stressed that he is not seeking new loans, but he wants to gain time to implement the necessary reforms. “Then Greece will be about half a year, a different country,” he promised.
“We look for a solution that is beneficial to all. A win / win situation which Greece is a tragedy frees and discord found in Europe. “
Greece wants bridging loan
The finance ministers of the euro group talk Monday Brussels on the Greek proposal to regulate short-term financing so that Greece and its lenders have six months time to come together. This ‘bridging loan’ would be less stringent conditions attached than to the previously agreed long-term loans from the troika – European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund and eurozone countries. However, many euro countries see nothing in this plan.
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, chairman of the Eurogroup and the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was Thursday on the sidelines of the European Summit to agree on how prior to the consultation of was to be discussed tomorrow. So have achieved the euro countries agreed on the need for a national reform plan for Greece, Reuters reported on the authority of a spokesman for the Greek government. The spokesman repeated however the view that the new government does not rescue package similar to existing arrangements.
Accord still far away
An agreement in Brussels seems far away. The Greeks want to reverse some of the reforms and austerity measures to mitigate the social impact of the utility. However, the finance ministers of the euro group hope Greece again agree to an extension of the current aid programs. Running off the end of this month.
Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem indicated Friday to be pessimistic about the chances of an agreement. According to him, the lofty ambitions of the new Greek government.
“But the possibilities are given the state of their economy is very limited.”
The party Tsipras, SYRIZA, won last month’s elections by promising to end the austerity imposed by Europe and the IMF. Without agreement threatens Greece next month to get into serious financial problems, which the country may eventually even should leave the euro
Read more on NRCQ:. Thus the difference looks between North and South Europe like Greece and is tentatively a wall
No comments:
Post a Comment