The prime minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, said today: “ credible reforms is needed to agree to let us see light at the end of the tunnel, at the same time to redistribute the load to which they may assume. “
In an address to the EP where he was received with cheers and boos in the various benches of the Chamber, Tsipras said his country “has been a testing laboratory of austerity has failed.”
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He stressed that the situation “end” of the US economy not due to the five months he has been in office, but “to the five years program condemned to the Greek economy.”
Tsipras, who noted having received “a resounding mandate from the Greek people” thanks to the referendum last Sunday, he was in favor of carrying out measures redistribution so that the burden of reforms falls on “those can assume “.
” You have to stop doing business as usual, with the burden falling on the shoulders of the people, out and can not lift more weight “, added
“We want an agreement with the partners, giving us the ability to overcome the crisis, allowing us to see light at end of tunnel, but the burden must be borne by those who can do it, “ he insisted the leader of Syriza, adding that its proposals include reforms” want to change Greece “and that were not included in previous support plans with partners.
said its proposals, which still were not reflected in writing in a document but only explained orally, are directed to finance its and restructure its debt obligations, “and will not be a burden on European taxpayers.”
In a tone conciliator, Tsipras called on all parties to take the “historic responsibility” for not allow the “break” of the European Union, whose story “is marked by conflicts that end in mind”.
The head of Greek government said that “the so-called Greek crisis is actually the collective response to austerity” and noted that the EU “is needed to change of mentality”.
“Europe will not be democratic or” said Tsipras, who said that “the EU’s history is a history of conflict, but in the end come to an understanding. A history of expansion and agreements and unity, without divisions “
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AFP – EFE
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