Greece defend in Brussels new proposals to raise … – radiofórmula

March 7, 2015

The Greek government today unveiled a series of reform proposals that defend Monday in a new summit of the Eurogroup, with the country expected resources to meet its creditors

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ATHENS The Greek government today unveiled a series of reform proposals that defend Monday in a new Eurogroup summit, with which the country hopes to obtain resources to meet its creditors.

The proposals will be subject to the scrutiny of Brussels, at a time when the coffers of the Greek State are nearly empty, so is expected that the Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, face a barrage of questions from their counterparts in the Eurozone.

The list of proposals previously submitted to the President of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, include creating a fiscal council to generate savings in the budget and reviewing the licensing of gaming, among others.

It emphasizes the hiring of non-professionals, including housewives, students and tourists even foreigners, as fiscal agents that help in a crackdown on tax evasion, reported local daily Ekathimerini.

Government sources cited by the newspaper, indicated that the proposals will be discussed next Monday and the Greek government expected to be approved and take the form of a “Contract for Recovery and Growth of the Greek Economy”.

By submitting proposals to Dijsselbloem, Varoufakis said talks between institutions and Greece must start for specific reforms are a ‘batch’ of measures before the end of the agreement in April.

He added that Greece is ready to go ahead with the reforms, but that the first Both sides should agree on “the process by which the reforms will be more specific, implemented and evaluated by the Eurogroup”.

Despite the optimism of Athens, there are some skeptical about the ability and willingness of Hellenic nation.

Luc Coebe, a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB), said in an interview Saturday that Greece should realize that “there is no way that reform” after regrettable that so far has only made “false promises”.

“Where will the Greeks take money if reforms do not want to pay other European countries,” said Coebe Belgian newspaper De Tijd.

Greece expects its proposed reforms guaranteeing a portion of loan fee of 7.2 million euros (7.8 million dollars) outstanding, but it is uncertain whether the measures proposed will be accepted.

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