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EFE

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Greece appears have entered the final straight a basic agreement with creditors and technical progress after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Sunday sought political support from Germany and France.

Tsipras maintained a new conference, the second in three days, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande, in order to give political impetus to the negotiations at the technical level seem to have advanced in recent days.

Greek government sources said the conversation lasted 35 minutes, took place in a “very good” atmosphere and that all parties agreed on the need to quickly find a solution.

The whole weekend has been no official information, but some interviews and leaks that suggest that in recent days has really been progress in negotiations with the so-called “institutions” (European Commission, European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund).

According to local media, the Greek Government has begun to draw up a first draft agreement, which would include the points on which there is consensus.

Following a meeting of the government’s economic team on Saturday that lasted more than eight hours, government sources spoke of a “general improvement on critical issues,” but acknowledged that there are still some points that have to clarify

.

According to information from the Greek news agency Amna not officially confirmed, negotiations in Brussels there is convergence of views on the thorny issue of value added tax ( VAT), restricting early retirement and the gradual unification of the pension funds.

The debate on VAT had become one of the key issues of the past days, because the partners had proposed a reform of revenue that includes annual revenues of 1,800 million euros, while the government of Athens offered a proposal that ensured only raise about 800 million euros.

The Greek Interior Minister Nikos Vutsis, who said Saturday in an interview with private television station Skai that the government hoped to finally achieve an agreement next week, hinted that this commitment will defer some of the campaign promises of Syriza.

“Parts of our program could be delayed six months or maybe a year,” Vutsis said.

Vutsis gave no details on what might be the measures would be delayed but in recent weeks several ministers ahead of the controversial property tax should be abolished this year in its current form, will remain in force until the next.

In addition, among the promises that, according to the media, could not be implemented in time to eliminate the tax of solidarity created at the outbreak of the crisis, or to restore the tax base exempt 12,000 euros per year (currently taxes are paid from the first dollar of income).

The purpose of Athens is the minimum commitment that can be closed in the coming days will serve to facilitate The least partly from the 7,200 million euros of rescue-at disbursement and also includes a reference to a future debt restructuring and an investment package.

To Tsipras these are two crucial points so that Greece can return to growth and also two key messages to obtain the support of Syriza in a parliamentary vote.

Tsipras needs to reassure its ranks not only on this issue, but also with regard to other decisions that the government has taken in recent weeks and have not liked by many Members of Syriza.

One was the appointment of Lambis Tagmatarjis as CEO of the new public broadcaster (ERT), which garnered harsh criticism from the unions of the public body, as well as Syriza MPs for being someone who already served that position during the administration of George Papandreou Social signing a first rescue.

The most recent protest, this time even by some members of the government itself, was against the appointment of a exmember the social democratic party Pasok Elena Panariti, as Greek representative the International Monetary Fund.
Panariti, appointed by the Finance Minister Yanis Varufakis, he had worked at the World Bank and as advisor to the former president of Peru, Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000).

EFE