“If we reach a viable agreement, even if the compromise is difficult, we will meet this challenge because our only criteria is the exit from the crisis,” said Alexis Tsipras at a Friday night meeting with his collaborators, quoted in a government statement. A Greek delegation is scheduled to meet Saturday in Brussels the measures to be adopted to reach agreement with its creditors and avoid default.
If we reach a viable agreement, although compromise is difficult, we will meet this challenge because our only criteria is the exit from the crisis and the end of the submission to the memoranda + + (austerity measures), “said Alexis Tsipras at a Friday night meeting with employees said in a government statement. A Greek delegation to resume Saturday afternoon talks in Brussels with representatives of the creditors to try to agree on measures that Athens has to adopt.
A delegation Greek in Brussels
This agreement is a necessary condition for the release of a tranche of international loans to the country, which would allow it to honor its debts and avoid default payments.
“The Greek people trusted us (in elections in January) so we make significant judgments and handles difficult situations,” said Prime Minister, stressing that “no one believed that the situation would be easy.”
“The decisions and management belong to us exclusively, despite their difficulties,” he added.
Crunch time for Athens
However, Alexis Tsipras warned that “if Europe wanted the division and continuing to submission, it would also be up to us to refuse and say a big no fighting for the dignity of the people and national sovereignty.”
Crunch time for Athens, which is short of money. The country needs by 18 June at the meeting of finance ministers of the eurozone (Eurogroup) to reach a compromise with creditors in order to secure financing and repay 30 June 1.6 billion euros to the IMF.
Among the difficult points of negotiation with creditors, which lasts for four months, included the pension reform, the VAT increase and the level of the primary budget surplus (excluding debt service), which determines the amount of savings to be made by the country.
New compromising the primary surplus
The government said Friday that the difference on the issue the primary surplus is only 0.25%, Greece has already accepted a surplus of 0.75% for 2015, while the creditors wish to 1%.
On Saturday, Greek financial daily Naftemporiki , said that the Greeks were going to try a new compromise on the primary surplus by offering 0.9%.
(With AFP)
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