By Alastair Macdonald and Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The new prime minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, traveled to Brussels on Thursday seeking additional financial support from the leaders of the European Union, following the failure of finance ministers of the block to narrow their differences over night. The president of the summit, the conservative former Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confessed that there is anxiety about the situation in Greece after the newly elected left government refused to sign any extension of a deeply unpopular rescue package expires in two weeks. “Oh, yes,” Tusk said with theatrical emphasis when reporters asked if he was worried about what Germany and other euro zone states fear could be a repeat of the financial chaos lived several years if not Tsipras accepts the conditions of the block. The same Tsipras told reporters that an agreement to restore the dynamism in Europe and renewed his promise to improve the finances of the Greek state to be achieved, while the burden on the poorest relieved. “It’s time to bring back the growth agenda to return to a path of social solidarity necessary for people and for our common European future,” Tsipras said, pledging to increase revenue by combating corruption and tax evasion. “We are now at a critical juncture for Europe. We must show that Europe can overcome their differences and find solutions in line with its founding principles,” ; he said. After the Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, distanced himself from a statement tentative set with the other 18 members of the euro area in the early hours of Thursday in Brussels, the finance ministers forming the Eurogroup agreed to meet again on Monday to seek a compromise. While EU leaders have made clear they want to leave the Greek theme to his ministers, seems likely to seek some kind of common political support for the deal you want Tsipras. Continued …
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