BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, said Monday he hoped to seal a deal with creditors that would give extra credit to Athens four and six months in return for putting on hold a few new budgetary policies.
Varoufakis said the European Commission submitted that suggestion before the meeting of finance ministers of the euro zone but that the commitment was replaced by a draft differently – President of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem – you can not sign because it forces Athens to extend its current bailout program.
A Commission official said the commissioner Pierre Moscovici had “contributed ideas” in discussions with Varoufakis but all that was negotiated was the proposal of the Eurogroup.
(Reporting by Renee Maltezou, Jan Strupczewski and Ingrid Melander)
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