Merkel holds Greeks appointments – Financieele Dagblad (Registration)

The euro crisis is not over. That the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, Thursday acknowledged for her departure for the European summit in Brussels. Officially, the energy union, Ukraine, Libya and economic policy on the agenda. But the escalating debt crisis in Greece claims all the attention.

A small group leaders are taking a last attempt to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, moving to cooperate with the other euro countries. Expectations are not high. In Brussels, a growing pessimism about the ability to keep Greece in the eurozone yet.

The official consultation that the basis is there explain, this week actually stopped because teams from the European Commission, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), formerly known as Troika, no sense further.

Keep Appointments

” I Tsipras will tell you what I told him twice already. Greece must implement the necessary reforms and ensure that the commitments it made in 2012 and more recently with the Eurogroup also comply, “said Jean-Claude Juncker at the French station Europe 1.

The President of the European Commission, which allows fishy tonight at the consideration of Greece, in the eyes of Tsipras its main focal point in Brussels.

Tsipras has itself requested the meeting. Except Juncker will ECB President Mario Draghi, board chairman Donald Tusk, Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem and the leaders of France and Germany to participate. Tsipras wants more space to include short-term money. The ECB holds the reins tightly. Draghi will first show that the leftist government adheres to the support program.

Merkel dampens expectations

Also Merkel said in the Bundestag that the Greece crisis only by vigorous action leaves behind. “It is only when we take decisions and everyone adheres to those decisions,” the Chancellor. She warned Thursday that no one solution to the crisis must be expected.

Greece has been kept afloat by € 240 billion in loans the eurozone countries and the IMF. On those loans is a reform and austerity program attached, but there’s been since last year in the draft.

Two to three billion needed

Deputy Prime Minister Yannis Dragasakis indicated Tuesday that his country is a liquidity problem and ‘cooperation ‘European partners need to pay salaries, pensions and a repayment to the IMF. According to the president of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, the situation is ‘dangerous’ and has two to three billion Greece urgently needed. Officials of the former Athens Troika complain that they still do not get clarification on the state of public finances.