Dijsselbloem, who attended the session of the German Social Democratic party on the eve of tomorrow’s session of the Bundestag (German lower house) on the bailout of Greece , and alluded, though without naming him, at the insistence of the Minister of Finance of Germany, Wolfgang Schäuble, to raise a temporary exit from the euro by Greece .
The head of the Eurogroup recalled that there is an agreement between Greece and other members of the euro zone to avoid that situation and that “all involved “must work cohesively to carry it out.
Before Dijsselbloem, the head of the Social Democratic group, Thomas Oppermann, spoke harshly Schäuble’s insistence on keeping on the table” Grexit ” in relation to the statements of the minister to a German public radio influencing it and in resounding no to a haircut to Greek debt .
“I hope of all members of the Government, without exception, a matching position, “Oppermann said, for whom while Athens remained a” unconstructive position “was lawful weigh a Plan B, but now must work cohesively in the” Plan A “ie the permanence of Greece in the euro.
Schäuble’s position has caused tensions in the grand coalition government headed Angela Merkel , consisting of the conservative group of the head of government and the Social Democrats.
Members of the Bundestag held today prior to the special session of morning meetings, which will be submitted to the vote of the chamber starting negotiations for the third bailout of Greece .
Although it is assumed that Merkel’s government will receive the mandate of the plenary to open those negotiations, presumably there is anticipation of the vote count notorious dissidents to escape to government ranks.
An internal vote held today at the level of the 311 deputies of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Merkel and her twin Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), he threw about fifty votes against and a few abstentions, as reported at the end of the session.
The chancellor had opened the meeting calling for a vote in favor of opening negotiations, according to the agreement between Greece and the other partners in the euro zone this week.
Despite these disagreements, it is assumed that the Government will receive the mandate of the House to open those negotiations, because of the dominant position of the grand coalition Merkel, around 80% of the seats in the Bundestag. The internal vote among the members of co-government Social Democratic Party (SPD) with 193 seats, yielded only a few votes.
On behalf of the Greens a high number of abstentions is emerging, while From left it has announced a “no” almost en bloc, despite its status sister party Syriza, the formation of the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.
The meetings of the parliamentary groups have been marked by strong criticism of Social Democrats, Greens and leftist finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, who is now raised again the possibility of a “Grexit” (Greek exit Euro) temporary.
“I hope all members of the Government, without exception, a matching position,” said the leader of the Social Democratic group, Thomas Oppermann, after Schäuble insisted today told public radio, in its proposal for a way out of Greece for five years in the euro area.
In Germany the government is required to be submitted to the vote of Parliament the mandate to open negotiating a bailout with the European Stability Mechanism (ESM).
Both Merkel, chairwoman of the CDU, as the Vice Chancellor and SPD leader Sigmar Gabriel, and the head of the Bavarian CSU, Horst Seehofer, have defended these days the agreement reached in Brussels as a solid solution to the Greek crisis.
As agreed between the leaders of the eurozone, the new rescue package for Greece will reach up to 86 billion euros and will have three years.
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