Saturday, June 6, 2015

Juncker did not answer the phone at Tsipras – The Economist

The President of the European Commission declined to take a phone call from the Greek prime minister because Athens has not yet submitted proposals for reform that he promised.

BRUSSELS President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, on Saturday declined to take a phone call from Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, because Athens has not yet submitted proposals for a reform which promised to present Thursday, said an official of the European Union.

“The Greek prime minister asked to make a phone call on Saturday but Juncker declined to answer because there has been progress in the discussions and proposed that Greece promised to send Thursday have not arrived, “the official said.

said” There have been no new developments and that there was nothing to discuss, “he said.

Tsipras also planned to return to Brussels hold new discussions in person on Friday, but did not.

Instead, rejected on Friday as “absurd” the terms of aid proposed by the country’s creditors and delayed payment of debt to the International Monetary Fund .

In a defiant speech to seek the support of Parliament to their rejection of the austerity package in return for financial aid, Tsipras balanced indignation with the confidence that a deal to keep his country in the the single currency bloc was “closer than ever”.

“We know it’s partly a theater, but we have to play a role in every scene of the drama,” the EU official said.

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