Greece. DIRECT. Sunday’s summit will bring together all the leaders … – Ouest-France
23:30. Alexis Tsipras: “Credible reforms”
Greece has made credible proposals for an appropriate funding promised by the end of the week to put an end to the crisis, said Tuesday night the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, after a summit of the euro area dedicated to the financial situation of his country.
“The discussions were held in a positive atmosphere. The process will be fast. It will begin in the coming hours with the objective to conclude no later than the end of the week “, has he told the press.
” The Greek side will continue its efforts, strong robust weapon of the verdict of the Greek people (…) which decided by a large majority in favor of a viable deal to end the discussion and pave the way for an exit crisis’ .
23.20. Jean-Claude Juncker: “We have a script ready Grexit”
Measures to reduce the burden of Greek debt could be raised If an agreement is reached this week, but a detailed scenario for an exit the eurozone was prepared, announced Tuesday Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the Commission European at the end of a summit of the euro zone in Brussels.
“I am firmly against a Grexit, but I can not prevent it if the Greek government does not do what it should do” , he warned.
11:05 p.m.. For Francois Hollande, “an agreement is still possible with Greece”
“An agreement is still possible with Greece ” Francois Hollande said on Tuesday evening, at the exit from the top of the euro area.
“Before the big Sunday’s summit, a meeting of the eurogroup will on Saturday to discuss the Greek proposals , said the French president. Until then, the ECB will ensure minimum liquidity for Greece “.
10:55 p.m.. Angela Merkel “not overly optimistic”
“I am not overly optimistic,” Merkel said at the exit of the eurozone summit. “The conditions are not yet met to begin discussions on a new aid plan” .
“Alexis Tsipras submit on Wednesday a loan application and reform proposals to be studied to determine if discussions can begin “, said the German Chancellor.
” There is no question that Greece has a haircut his debt, which is illegal under European treaties “.
Angela Merkel hopes to have enough Greek proposals on Thursday to ask the Bundestag (the German parliament, ed) to approve the opening discussions
Asked about a possible exit of Greece from the euro zone, Merkel said Sunday’s summit will decide whether to open negotiations on an aid. The summit promises to be capital.
10:40 p.m.. Sunday’s summit will bring together all EU leaders
The Heads of State and Government of the entire European Union will meet Sunday in Brussels for a summit in which Greece could be granted a new aid plan, said Tuesday the president of the Italian Matteo Renzi Council.
“We can reach an agreement Sunday. I’m not pessimistic “, he said at the end of a special summit of the eurozone, adding that Athens must now formulate its proposals.
10:25 p.m.. The summit of the eurozone just ended
20:00. A new high in the euro area on Sunday?
A new summit of the eurozone could have next Sunday to discuss possible draft agreement on Greece, announced Tuesday two European officials senior.
7:35 p.m.. Greece proposes a temporary solution for July
Greece claims its eurozone partners to reach an interim solution to cover its financing needs until the end of July time to enter into a longer-term agreement on Monday said a Greek official.
“The Greek proposal is to achieve a solution to the end of this month (…) to prepare the large viable agreement During this brief period “, the official said.
7:25 p.m.. Obama encourages Greece to remain in the euro
Barack Obama discussed the Greek crisis with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, said Tuesday White House.
The United States continues to encourage all parties to reach an agreement that would allow Greece to remain in the euro zone, which is in the interest of all, said Josh Earnest, spokesman of the Presidency.
6:25 p.m.. Holland stresses the need for rapid decisions
The decisions that allow Greece, overindebted and along bankruptcy to stay in the euro must be strictly taken this week, François Hollande said Tuesday in Brussels, arriving at a summit of the Eurogroup. We need to show responsibility and solidarity but also for speed (…) This is to say that this is the week that decisions must be taken, “said he summarized.
5:15 p.m.. According to Merkel, there are only a few days to reach an agreement
There is still no basis for negotiations with Greece, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday at his arrival at a summit of euro zone leaders convened urgently in Brussels.
It referred to a period several days to reach an agreement with Greece. “It’s not a matter of weeks, but a few days’ , has she said, reaffirming the link between European solidarity and the Greek leaders.
17.00. Application “imminent” of a new financial assistance to euro area
Greece will go so “imminent” a new application for financial assistance to the eurozone, said Tuesday the president of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem at the end of a new meeting of finance ministers of the euro area.
“There was no letter today” to formalize a new application using the from Athens, said Mr. Dijsselbloem told reporters in Brussels. “We expect very soon and there will be a new meeting of the Eurogroup to examine” , has he added.
4:45 p.m.. Greece will submit its new proposals perhaps Wednesday
Greece will submit new proposals to its European creditors “maybe Wednesday” , said a senior official the euro area. “They say they may submit a new application tomorrow and outline their proposals” , the official said. However, a summit of the euro zone is convened in the evening on Tuesday.
16.30. Absence of concrete proposals by the Eurogroup
Greece made no concrete proposals for reforms in writing at the meeting of finance ministers of the euro zone, lamented the Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat before extraordinary summit in Brussels.
“The lack of concrete proposals from the Greek government does not help for the summit of eurozone leaders tonight “, has he stated on his Twitter account.
4:25 p.m.. The € 60 daily become like “the dose of the drug addict”
The closure of banks and removal of limitations in place on June 28, while the population, worried , rushed to the distributors were to end Tuesday. But the measure has been extended until Wednesday included and the most pessimistic expect to live on this diet for weeks or months.
“I feel like an addict who is given his dose every day” as the enraged Athenian
The Greeks are resigned to live with withdrawals limited to 60 euros a day, they will scrupulously removed. | Reuters – Yannis Behrakis
4:15 p.m… Tsipras before Parliament in Strasbourg Wednesday
Alexis Tsipras, the Greek Prime Minister will be Wednesday before the European Parliament in Strasbourg, said government sources. As for the Maltese Prime Minister, he regrets the absence of “concrete proposals” presented at the Eurogroup.
16h. The eurozone still waiting
The European Council President Donald Tusk in a telephone conference with the head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, the presidents of the European Commission and the Eurogroup, Jean-Claude Juncker and Jeroen Dijsselbloem and the head of eurozone support fund, Klaus Regling.
15:30. The euro zone requires credible reforms to avoid the “Grexit”
It’s the Greeks “tell how they want to take action to avoid the worst “ said Tuesday Pierre Moscovici, the European Commissioner for Economic Affairs.
But if the result is not satisfactory, an exit of Greece from the euro area is “not excluded” warned Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice President of the European Commission adopting a harsh tone face in Athens, edged with hawkish comments from Jean-Claude Juncker.
before the European Parliament, the head of the EU executive found that it was “time to get together to the negotiating table” . “I wish we gathered to find a solution” , has he insisted, although “this solution will not find today,” . “My desire, my wish is to avoid a Grexit” (an output of the euro area, ed.)
15h. Wall Street opens slightly lower
The New York Stock Exchange opened slightly lower Tuesday ahead of a summit of the euro zone deemed decisive on Greece.
1:15 p.m.. For the European Commission, a euro exit not excluded
A Greek exit from the euro zone is “not excluded” if Athens does not have “a package of credible reforms” , said on Tuesday Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President of the European Commission before a special summit will explore the slim chance of saving the country.
“If trust is not established, if no credible reform program is presented” , an exit from the euro “can not be excluded “, said the European Commissioner for the Euro, on arrival at a meeting of finance ministers of the euro area in Brussels.
13 h. In France too, the issue divided among policy
Since the Greek referendum, the dominant discourse right and left is to present the vote as a brake on Europe. But dissenting voices are heard.
12h. A debate on Greek debt assumed reforms
The possibility of reducing the burden of Greek debt can be a debate on the condition that the Greek government proves that it undertakes reforms, said German Economy Minister and Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, the Stern magazine.
10:50. Juncker wants to do everything to avoid a Grexit
“My desire, my wish is to avoid a Grexit” and “it is time to get together at the table negotiations “, said Tuesday the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, just hours before the crucial summit on the eurozone Greece.
10:30. “Shut up I’m texting in with Tsipras”
The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker took aim Tuesday MEPs who criticized the time spent on its mobile phone and said he was working by sending text messages to the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, before a summit on Greece in the evening.
“Stop this talk of telling me that I look at my phone “, he has launched in the European Parliament, in his first speech since taking no Greek referendum that shook Europe.
“I’m texting, as we say in frenglish, with Greek Prime Minister, I do not know if you have the opportunity to do the same but I have to do this today .. I do my job” , has won the Luxembourger very involved in negotiations on the fate of Greece.
8:30. A partial deletion of the Greek debt not taboo
The countries of the euro area could consider a partial erasure of the Greek debt, but only on condition that Athens agrees to conduct a series of reforms, said Tuesday morning the Luxembourg Finance Minister Pierre Gramegna, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency from the beginning of the month.
8:10. Manuel Valls wants a debate in the National Assembly
After consulting the President of the National Assembly, Claude Bartolone, “we propose that there may be – that is the Assembly National organize – a debate, possibly tomorrow, with all parliamentarians, after the European Council (Tuesday night) to take stock of the situation. The government is ready for a debate with MEPs’ , said the prime minister.
8. “The basis for an agreement exists”
Manuel Valls ensures that there is no taboo on Greek debt. | AFP
“The basis for an agreement” for the financial rescue of Greece “exist” , Manuel Valls said Tuesday on RTL, ensuring that there was no “taboo” for France on a rescheduling of the heavy public debt Greek. “There is no taboo on debt rescheduling, the fact that reprofile, that reworks debt” Greek, said the Prime Minister, called “convinced” “the basis for an agreement exists” .
4 hours. The French want to get out of austerity.
A small majority of French – 50% – want to see Greece leave the euro zone, but three-quarters of French also advocate other policies that austerity to overcome the crisis, according to a survey Odoxa published Tuesday in Le Parisien .
“Given the difficulties encountered by Greece” , 49% of respondents want to “that Greece remains in the euro area” while 50 % say they want to “Greece out of the euro area” , or 4 percentage points more that there ten days.
However, three quarters the French, right and left, estimate that there are other solutions that austerity to overcome the crisis.
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