Eurogroup calls for more efforts to Greece – AnsaLatina.com

BRUSSELS, 11 (ANSA) – Dialogue between Greece and Europe seems to finally make progress on the substance: the Ministers of Economy and Finance euro zone, integrated in the Eurogroup, they acknowledged in a statement, taking a significant step following the “ice” of the last meeting in Riga.
Athens is preparing to also pass a new test on liquidity, repaying on time tomorrow the International Monetary Fund (IMF) just under 800 million euros, a period which many suspected that they would not comply.
The hope now is that the negotiations to proceed rapidly to a successful conclusion by reaching agreement the maximum for the first days of June if you want to unlock aid remaining time before the current program expires at the end of June.
Therefore, the Eurogroup also greet the “progress” in negotiations He recalled the need to “make efforts”, and quickly, because time is running out.
“We welcome the progress achieved so far and the intention of the Greek authorities to speed up their work in institutions, “the Eurogroup. It also recognized, however, that “it takes more time and effort to bridge gaps that remain in the open issues.”
Ministers reiterated that an agreement is needed between technicians Brussels Group on the completion of reforms , to submit to the Ministers decision on the disbursement of 7,000 million euros of aid missing.
There was “clear progress and rapprochement of positions on certain issues,” he explained the Commissioner for Economic Affairs, Pierre Moscovici, as on the issue of VAT, but there are still many discrepancies in others, such as pensions and the labor market, on which Athens must submit alternative proposals.
are not minor problems, but substantial issues on which Athens has their red lines, which does not intend to overcome. But the ministers did not accept compromises on the substance of the program orders and hope that the Greeks make the first move. “No time to waste, we need an agreement before the expiration of the program at the end of June,” Moscovici said.
Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, was upbeat and in his view the agreement is approaching. With European partners there was remarkable convergence and technical work continues.
With the progress made today by the Greek Minister, the European Central Bank (ECB) should reopen the tap of direct loans to banks, the main channel Financing suspended last February.
also assured that no one in the government is thinking of subjecting citizens to a referendum on the reforms. It is not in the horizon of the Greek government, Varoufakis said.
But the threat is in the air. To the extent that the German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schaeuble, speaking, unusually, on the matter, stating that perhaps could be the right size to let decide the Greeks if they are willing to accept what you need or want anything. Y8K-MAC / ACZ
05.11.2015 22:47

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