ATHENS Greece’s prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, provides difficult negotiations with creditors Hellenic country during the Eurogroup meeting Monday in Brussels, said yesterday the Athenian weekly Realnews.
“It is too early to talk about a deal. Monday’s negotiations will be difficult, “he said.
Confident, the premier said after the inauguration of the new coalition government in Athens, members of the European Union (EU) “found another Greece, one who knows what he wants.”
For his part, Minister of Finance of Greece, Yanis Varoufakis, was more optimistic about the negotiations in Brussels. If necessary, you can also find a solution to the Greek problem “five minutes” Varoufakis told the Kathimerini newspaper.
The Greek government “is open to ideas from partners,” he said. The EU, he said, “k nows how to have differences of opinion agreements.”
The head of the ruling party, SYRIZA, Giannis Milios, economist does not show, however, confident that an agreement will be achieved. “We expect the first positive results of these negotiations on Monday,” he said in statements to the television.
The Sunday To Vima not rule out another session of the Eurogroup or even a special summit to Greece needed.
The coalition government led by Tsipras declared dead on Greek austerity program and requires a renegotiation of the gigantic debt.
The Eurogroup also plans to address today the future of financial aid to Greece.
If until February 28 was not found a solution, the bailout program will close to Greece and the country will be threatened by bankruptcy. So far the Greek banks were supported by loans from the European Central Bank (ECB).
The head of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), Klaus Regling, said in statements to the Phoenix the danger of a Greek exit from the eurozone television, it would be “more expensive solution both for Greece and for the euro area”. However, he showed understanding with the aim of Tsipras to renegotiate the terms of payment of the debt, but asked that the outlines are maintained.
Most Greeks are satisfied with the attitude of his government, polls show, but the financial situation is increasingly difficult and many people are withdrawing large sums of money from their bank accounts.
The level of bank deposits has reached the lowest level since the onset of severe debt crisis.
Kathimerini reported that since November 2014, Greek banks have withdrawn from 20,000 million euros, due to fear of wors ening the situation and a lack of agreement between Athens and Brussels.
Added to this is that many Greeks did not pay tax debts to the state before and after the elections of January 25, with the hope that the new government would ease the tax burden them. The lack of revenue for that reason would be up to 5,000 million euros, the newspaper reported. DPA
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