Saturday, June 6, 2015

Tormented Tsipras already in talks with Merkel and Hollande – nrc.nl

Greece Bailout

Greeks in Athens read the headlines about Tsipras today at the street kiosks. AP / Yorgos Karahalis

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Yesterday bezigde Alexis Tsipras still strong language about the “absurd” proposals from the eurozone and the IMF. Now the Greek Prime Minister has been a meeting with Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande.

Tsipras said yesterday that the proposal that Athens previously did the “only realistic basis was” for a deal. He also said that Europe did not understand that it was impossible to make even more cuts.



“The Greek government can not accept absurd proposals.”

Greece suggested yesterday the payment of $ 300 million to the IMF out. Today, the Prime Minister said that he talks continue Wednesday yet again with his German and French counterparts. Earlier in the day they had a good call as Tsipras.

The Greeks would by agreeing to the plan the government meeting to stop cuts violate. Tsipras wants a combination of spending cuts and debt relief. The political turmoil in Greece, where increasingly tough criticism of a deal which Prime Tsipras talks with international lenders, increases.

Eurogroup President Dijsselbloem said earlier this week that Athens is not on the right track to get the economy in order. “They sit far away and they threaten to get further away from it.” Wednesday in Brussels so further discussion

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