“The new Greek government is supported by the people. I trust him to implement the necessary measures to establish an effective tax administration and thus meet its commitments,” said the Conservative minister in a interview with Bild am Sonntag to be published on Sunday.
“We must avord give some time to a newly elected government,” he added then that the radical left party Syriza is came to power after the elections of January 25.
“Governing is a rendezvous with reality,” he said.
A laborious compromise
The German MPs gave their green light Friday overwhelmingly to the extension of an aid program to Greece four months to 30 June 2015, after a laborious compromise between European finance ministers and Greece .
Athens has pledged to continue reforms and savings measures in return.
“The contracts are more important than the words”
“My Greek counterpart is entitled to as much respect as the others,” he said as the two men, whose style is poles apart, have delivered a showdown so far. “He behaved with me quite properly,” he insisted.
Wolfgang Schäuble, “contracts are more important than the statements.”
(With AFP)
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