Mexico City .- Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Wednesday it will appeal to the European Union asking him to facilitate negotiations with creditors, criticizing the position of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the process .
a government source said Tsipras asked Wednesday to European Council President Donald Tusk an extraordinary summit for this purpose.
the issue could also be addressed at a meeting of ministers of Finance, but the appointment of representatives of the countries of the Eurozone scheduled for Thursday was postponed, diminishing expectations of Greece to obtain an agreement before Sunday.
in response, Tusk urged ministers to set fast one date to meet and settle the differences with Greece over its reform program third bailout.
“We need a specific date for a new meeting of the Eurogroup at an early date, I’m not talking about weeks but days “Tusk said in a statement in Brussels.
” I am convinced that there is still more work on the part of finance ministers. We must avoid a renewed uncertainty for Greece, “he added.
President of the Eurogroup, the Dutch Finance Minister, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, decided on Tuesday night not to convene a special meeting of ministers for Thursdays.
According to his spokesman, “more work” is needed to decide on the next steps in the bailout program of 86,000 million euros in Greece.
later drew the RTL-Z Dutch chain that the meeting would take place only if it had the potential to be a “success”.
the Greek government spokesman, Olga Gerovassili accused Wednesday the IMF to be “undermining” the talks with demands that go beyond the commitments made by Greece in the agreement last July.
Greece is committed to establishing cuts by 5,400 million euros for 2018, in order to meet the requirements set by creditors.
However, now the government says will require further tightening measures totaling 3,600 million euros, which can be carried out later but must be approved by parliament.
Gerovassili said the lawsuit “breaks the limits set by the Greek constitution and the European legal system.”
the latest revision of creditors, which aims to unlock a tranche of the loan for Greece, especially by disagreements over cuts on pensions and aid to troubled banks.
Eurozone governments have also promised to offer Greece a percentage of removed, that was the only concession Tsipras who won in tense negotiations ended with an agreement last July.
the German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, remained in line expressing skepticism. “When the conditions are met we will convene the meeting,” he said.
Burdened by debt, Greece needs to reach an agreement with its creditors to unlock the following deliveries Millionaire bailout 86,000 million euros (95.000 billion dollars).
in July, the Greek government must make payments of 2,300 million euros (2,600 million dollars).
Gerovassili said Wednesday there is uncertainty regarding the reserves of Greece.
a source familiar with the record of the Greek debt told AFP that Greece may face its payments without difficulty until the end of may, as in recent weeks the government has collected about 500 million euros in reserves of public institutions, including parliament and social security.
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