The crisis facing Greece with its partners in the eurozone for the third bailout that already handles the Greek government is raising the tension between members of the bloc, mainly in Germany, after her finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, acknowledged in an interview released yesterday by the weekly Der Spiegel, he and Chancellor Angela Merkel have “different opinions” on Athens, which mentioned the option of resigning.
The veteran Christian Democrat says, “it is part of democracy that occasionally have different opinions,” but argues that in politics no one can force others to take charge of his own making.
RESPONSIBILITY. “Everyone has their role. Chancellor Angela Merkel is, I am a minister of finance. Politicians are responsible for their care. No one can force them. If anyone tried it, I could go to the German president and demand an end “, said Schäuble.
The minister, who says the foreign minister “may rely” on it, said “do not worry” because the head of the German government and have in some cases different thesis. Schäuble has been highlighted in recent weeks for representing the more hawkish eurozone against Athens, a position reached last weekend its exponent to raise a “time out” euro Greece.
POPULARITY. If for many Greek minister represents the nemesis of the economy of his country, Germany Schäuble enjoys maximum popularity, above Merkel own.
This controversy, Schäuble said that “we have never said that Greece should leave the eurozone. We have only raised the possibility that Athens could itself choose to pause. “
Schäuble believes that “the big question” is whether the Greek premier, Alexis Tsipras, fulfill the adjustment and reform program agreed in exchange for the third bailout of 86 billion euros.
Varoufakis
Greek reforms fail: former Minister
The former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, said yesterday in an interview with the BBC, that the economic reforms imposed on his country by international creditors “will fail” before the start of talks on a new bailout for Greece.
Varoufakis, who resigned in early July, said Athens is subject to an economic program that will go down in history as the greatest “disaster” macro. “We had the choice between being executed and accept the agreement. And Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras decided that the agreement was the last strategy, “he said.
The bailout could reach more than 93 billion dollars in exchange for the Greek government to take tougher austerity measures such as increased taxes and more adjustments in pension payments.
Moreover, the Greek government ordered banks to reopen on Monday, three weeks after they closed to prevent the system from collapsing under a wave of withdrawals.
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