The leaders of the EU have committed, Monday, July 6, extensive consultations to assess the consequences of the “no” massive Greek referendum on the plan by creditors and develop a strategy for the future. After the victory of the “no” with 61,31% according to the final results, the uncertainty about maintaining the Greece in the euro area. Monday night, François Hollande assured, following a meeting with Angela Merkel, “the door is open to discussions” with Greece, adding that the government had to make Tsipras proposed “serious” on Tuesday atop the euro area.
Here, live, the events of Tuesday, July 7 (See the place of the events of Monday, July 6).
IN BRIEF
- The euro zone met on Tuesday for a summit of all hazards
- Wednesday Greece must present a synthesis taking into account the opinion of creditors
- Greek banks, which were to reopen Tuesday will finally closed until Wednesday .
7:22 p.m.: Proposals of Greece expected Wednesday
The Greek government will present on Wednesday a consolidated text, with a view to advance the negotiations on its financing, taking into account “the proposals of the institutions”, “the results of the referendum,” and the common position of the Greek political parties set Monday, according to a Greek government source. This proposal for a “common ground for a viable agreement” will be made at the meeting of finance ministers of the eurozone (Eurogroup) provided Wednesday by phone.
7:11 p.m.: Telephone conversation between Obama and Merkel
“We continue to encourage all parties to participate constructively in the discussions,” said Josh Earnest, spokesman of the executive US, calling again for a compromise
6:42 p.m.. Merkel sees no basis for negotiations for aid to Greece
The Chancellor Germany considers that there is “still no basis for negotiations” with Greece on a new aid package before a summit of eurozone leaders in Brussels. “We will now discuss how to move forward. But we can not reach a definitive overview,” added Angela Merkel on her arrival at the emergency summit convened after the no victory in the 5 referendum July in Greece on the proposals made in late June by creditors
6:11 p.m.. Greece puts on the table the proposals of 30 June “improved”
This proposal includes “reforms, financing needs of the country and the debt settlement” and “must be discussed Tuesday and Wednesday” with European partners, according to a government source.
5:59 p.m.: Telephone conversation between Tsipras and Obama
A telephone conversation took place in the afternoon between Barack Obama and Alexis Tsipras, the US president who wished on this occasion to a successful outcome Negotiations between the Greek Prime Minister and his European partners, according to Greek news agency Ana (semi-official). According to Ana, the interview took place during that Alexis Tsipras was in Brussels, where he will hold talks with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande before its participation in the extraordinary European summit, crucial to the fate of Greece and the euro area
5:18 p.m.. Greece will request a new aid to the eurozone Wednesday
So says the president of the Eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem, following a further meeting of finance ministers of the euro area.
16:30 Tsipras Wednesday before the European Parliament in Strasbourg
Greek Prime Minister will speak Wednesday before the European Parliament in Strasbourg, three days after the Greek referendum that rejected a plan reforms creditors of the country (EU and IMF ), is it learned Tuesday of Greek government source
4:20 p.m.. Greece has not made “concrete proposals” under Maltese Prime Minister
Greece made no concrete reform proposals in writing at the meeting of finance ministers of the eurozone, lamented the Prime Minister Maltese Joseph Muscat before an extraordinary summit in Brussels.
“The lack of concrete proposals from the Greek government does not help for the summit of leaders of the euro area tonight” he said on his Twitter account
1:20 p.m.. The Commission does not exclude the Grexit
An output of the Greece from the euro zone is “not excluded” if Athens does not have “a package of credible reforms”, said Tuesday Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice-President of the European Commission.
1:05 p.m. : Germany wants reforms before possibly restructure debt
The Minister of Economy and German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel on Tuesday reaffirmed that any discussion of a relief Greek debt was not possible before the implementation of reforms by Athens. This will “talk about the possibility of reducing the debt only when the Greek Government show that it implements the reforms,” he said in an interview with the weekly Stern.
13h: Moscovici wants “full proposals, credible”
The Greek government must do its eurozone partners and creditors ‘proposals credible, comprehensive, effective’ order avoid the Grexit, said Tuesday the European Commissioner for Economic Affairs, Pierre Moscovici, on arrival at a Eurogroup meeting in Brussels
10:40. Cohn-Bendit is proposed as mediator
“If they offered me, I would say why not. I would take Piketty one side, Krugman of the other. I did not say that a mediator was a god, I would take the German economists and be found. We all know the terms of the problem. It is not true that we must negotiate for hours. It should be a compromise that makes the least possible harm “responded the former MEP in France Inter.
On Monday, the environmentalist had also proposed as a mediator “ a symbolic person, such as Jacques Delors and Helmut Schmidt” on Europe 1.
10:15 Juncker, “in texting” with Tsipras, is irritated
The President of the European Commission takes MEPs who criticized the time on his cell phone and said it worked by sending text messages to Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, before a summit on Greece in the evening
9. Juncker wants to avoid Grexit
“It’s time to meet at the negotiating table,” said the president of the European Commission.
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8:15: Debate Wednesday in the National Assembly on Greece
Manuel Valls, has also said on RTL favorable to the holding of a debate on the situation in Greece in the National Assembly, to be held on Wednesday
8. For Valls , one can “not risk” of a Grexit
This would impact on “global growth and the economy,” says Prime Minister Manuel Valls at the micro RTL radio. The output for the first time, a country of the euro area, would constitute “a threat to global growth and the economy,” he added. The Prime Minister also assured that the “basis of an agreement” for the financial rescue of Greece “exist”, ensuring that there was no “taboo” for France about rescheduling the heavy Greek public debt.
(With AFP)
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