Athens. A few hours of the meeting will today heads of state and government of the countries of the Eurogroup, Greece submitted a new proposal to reform its international creditors yesterday , hoping to reach an agreement on the payment of its debt by the end of the month to avoid declaring a default and leave the euro.
“The prime minister presented the three leaders of the Greek proposal for a mutually beneficial agreement, to give a definitive solution and not a postponement of the solution to the problem,” he informed the office of president, Alexis Tsipras.
The official statement said the new plan was received by the President of the European Commission (EC), Jean-Claude Juncker, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande and forward that Tsipras traveled to Belgium to attend today’s summit of the Eurozone.
After a week of extreme tension and verbal threats crosses and ended with the massive outflow of deposits from Greek banks and a shower apocalyptic rumors, the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, called an emergency meeting of eurozone leaders today in Brussels.
On the agenda will appear many issues, but certainly the Greek crisis and its possible exit from the euro will be the protagonist of the discussion. As advanced the Spanish news agency EFE, the new plan Tsipras maintained a stepped VAT at three levels-the 6.5 percent, 13 percent and 23 per cent, but this time would be willing to change the category imposed on some foods and hotels to increase tax revenues, as requested by its creditors, the EC, the European Central Bank (ECB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF).
As for pensions, another issue that divides waters in the negotiating table, the Greek government would consider abolishing early retirement from next year, saving about 200 million euros and reduce higher supplementary pensions.
However, Tsipras still refuses to reduce all pensions and holding that since the outbreak of the crisis in 2009 and the continued rise in unemployment, retirement grandparents has become the only source of income for many Greek families. While creditors ask an adjustment of one percent of GDP this year, a figure that economists and academics say it is impossible, Athens has so far committed only to shrink 0.04 percent.
an interview with the local daily Ethnos , the Greek state minister, Nikos Pappas, reiterated that only accept an agreement that is “beneficial to the people.”
Yesterday, while Thousands of Greeks marched in support of the leftist Syriza government and against further adjustments demanded by creditors.
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